23 Facts About Graham Onions

Graham Onions was born on 9 September 1982 and is an English former cricketer.

Graham Onions played for Durham, Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman.

However, in September 2020, Graham Onions announced his retirement from cricket after his back injury returned.

Graham Onions attended St Thomas More Catholic School in Blaydon, and at Gateshead leisure centre he took the opportunity to try a variety of sports.

Graham Onions was adept at badminton and was selected for the England team at under-15 level.

From playing his early cricket on the streets, Graham Onions became part of Gateshead Fell Cricket Club.

Graham Onions married his wife Emma in 2010 and has two children, Oliver James and Esme Amelia Rose.

Graham Onions was offered a contract with the club and opted to become a professional cricketer rather than take a sports science choice at university, which was his other option.

Graham Onions was named in England's provisional 30-man squad for the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy after a successful season that year, and toured Bangladesh with the England A team under the future England coach Peter Moores.

In January 2009, Graham Onions, returning from injury, played in the losing Stockton side against the Tamworth side in the New South Wales country cup competition played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

On 29 April 2009 Graham Onions was named in the England squad for the upcoming Test series against West Indies, at the expense of his Durham team-mate Steve Harmison.

Graham Onions picked up three further wickets in the second match.

Graham Onions took three wickets in the first innings of the second Test at Lord's, for 41 runs, and went wicketless in the second innings as England won, Andrew Flintoff and Graeme Swann taking the bulk of the wickets.

Graham Onions was selected for England's tour of South Africa in November 2009 to January 2010.

Graham Onions was dropped for the fourth and final Test in favour of Ryan Sidebottom.

Graham Onions felt that he was denied an opportunity to bowl in conditions more suited to his style of bowling than previous matches and was surprised by his omission.

Graham Onions bowled really well there, and I was expecting him come to these conditions and bowl well here as well.

Graham Onions underwent surgery on his left knee to repair cartilage.

Graham Onions was initially included as an unofficial back up player, but when fast-bowling all-rounder Tim Bresnan failed to recover from elbow surgery Graham Onions became a full member of the squad.

Graham Onions did not play test cricket again, although he remained on the fringes of the England team for some time.

Missing lunch on arrival and going straight into the action, Graham Onions promptly recorded his career-best figures of 9 for 67 in Nottinghamshire's first innings.

Graham Onions was the top wicket taker in Division 1 of the County Championship in 2013, helping Durham to win the 2013 County Championship by taking 70 wickets.

Graham Onions retired from cricket due to a back injury in September 2020.