20 Facts About Mike Hendrick

Michael Hendrick was an English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty-two One Day Internationals for England from 1973 to 1981.

Mike Hendrick played for Derbyshire from 1969 to 1981, and for Nottinghamshire from 1982 to 1984.

Mike Hendrick was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Mike Hendrick was born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, on 22 October 1948.

Mike Hendrick first played for Leicestershire Juniors in 1965 and progressed to the Second XI in 1966, playing regularly over the next three years.

Mike Hendrick later made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in June 1969 against Oxford University, when he took a wicket in each innings but did not have a chance to bat.

Mike Hendrick played one County Championship match in the season, and took part in the Player's County League.

Mike Hendrick was Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year in 1973.

One year later, Mike Hendrick played in three Test matches against India and two against Pakistan.

Mike Hendrick played for England in two matches against the West Indies in 1976 and, in 1977, played in the third, fourth and fifth Test against the Australians.

Mike Hendrick was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1978.

Mike Hendrick played his last Test matches against Australia in 1981, and in the same season, helped Derbyshire win the National Westminster Bank Trophy.

Mike Hendrick left Derbyshire at the end of the season, and moved to Nottinghamshire, where he played until 1984.

Mike Hendrick lacked express pace but was hazardous on a green wicket, as his command of seam bowling was considered to be excellent.

Mike Hendrick could make the ball do "disappearing acts" on cloudy days, but he came to "curse clear skies and sunshine".

Mike Hendrick holds the record for taking the highest number of wickets in Test cricket amongst bowlers without having a five wicket haul in a Test innings.

Mike Hendrick became the coach at Trent Bridge in 1992.

Mike Hendrick was appointed as the Ireland cricket team's first full-time head coach in 1995.

Mike Hendrick's tenure included victories at the European Cricket Championship and British Isles Championship in 1996, and a defeat to Scotland in the third-place play-off at the 1997 ICC Trophy which saw Ireland narrowly miss out on its first Cricket World Cup berth.

Mike Hendrick's contract was terminated in 1999 but he returned to Ireland as bowling coach at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.