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Full name Neil Clifford Saker
Born September 20, 1984, St George's Hospital, Tooting, London
Current age 23 years 345 days
Major teams Surrey,Surrey 2nd XI
Also known as Sakes, Bulbus
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Raynes Park High
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
18
23
4
272
58*
14.31
736
36.95
0
1
5
0
List A
23
11
4
74
22
10.57
119
62.18
0
0
2
0
Twenty20
2
1
0
0
0
0.00
4
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
18
2159
1578
31
5/76
50.90
4.38
69.6
2
1
0
List A
23
933
942
18
4/43
4/43
52.33
6.05
51.8
1
0
0
Twenty20
2
2
30
44
1
1/28
1/28
44.00
8.80
30.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2003
Last First-class
Surrey v Worcestershire at Guildford, Jul 25-28, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2005
Last List A
Essex v Surrey at Chelmsford, May 25, 2008 scorecard
Coming through the ranks at Surrey, Neil Saker is a tall fast bowler and was the first Surrey Academy player to be award a professional contract. In 2005 he was a regular feature in the one-day side and took 11 wickets in as many games, while he claimed 29 victims in the seconds, becoming Surrey's top wicket-taker. Saker featured in seven County Championship matches in 2006 and showed potential as he claimed 14 wickets. He also showed form with the bat by scoring a half century against Essex. Like many other Surrey players Saker has played grade cricket in Australia. In 2004-05 he played for Randwick Petersham in Sydney, while in 2005-06 he featured for Blacktown.
Ben Horne January 2007
