Victor James Marks was born on 25 June 1955 and is an English sports journalist and former professional cricketer.
12 Facts About Vic Marks
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An off spin bowler, Marks played in six Test matches and thirty four One Day Internationals for England.
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Vic Marks writes match reports and opinion pieces for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, and frequently appears on BBC Radio's Test Match Special as a summariser.
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Vic Marks was born on 25 June 1955 in Middle Chinnock, Somerset.
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Vic Marks was educated at Blundell's School and Oxford University, for whom he played cricket between 1975 and 1978.
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Vic Marks made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 1975 County Championship.
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Vic Marks had made his debut for the national team in 1980, in an ODI against the West Indies.
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Vic Marks went on to play six Test matches, struggling a little to take wickets but adding useful late-order runs, especially in Pakistan in 1984.
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Vic Marks was the first England bowler to take two ODI five-wicket hauls.
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Vic Marks had a distinguished first-class career between 1975 and 1989 for Somerset.
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Vic Marks was probably out of the England XI slightly too often.
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Vic Marks writes regularly about cricket and occasionally rugby union for The Observer newspaper as their Cricket Correspondent, and for The Guardian.