Cricketer, born in Birmingham, West Midlands, C England, UK. He played with distinction for Warwickshire, and won admiration by the way he endured a battering by West Indian bowlers in 1976, which re-established his place in first-class cricket. He made 50 appearances in Test matches for England, and scored 11 centuries.
He played cricket for both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and England.
England Career
Amiss made his Test debut for England in the fifth test of the 1966 series with West Indies, and he proved an accomplished Test match batsman. In scoring 3,612 Test runs, Amiss made eleven half-centuries and eleven centuries, including two double centuries against the West Indies. His highest Test match score, also his highest first-class score, was 262 not out against the West Indies in the 1973-74 Kingston Test, an innings that saved the Test match for England after they conceded a first innings lead of 230. After being dropped by England in 1975, he made a successful return against the West Indies at The Oval in the final test of 1976, although his 203 in the first innings did not prevent England losing the match.
Amiss was also a handy One Day International batsman scoring 859 runs, including four centuries and one half-century, with a top score of 137 against India which is still England's highest individual score in the cricket World Cup. He ended with an ODI batting average of 47.72, which excepting those players to have played fewer than five times remains the highest of any England batsman who has completed his career, although the still-active Kevin Pietersen averages well into the fifties (as of September 2006).
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