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John Emburey factfile
June 05, 2007

John Ernest Emburey

Date of Birth: August 20, 1952, Peckham, London

Major teams: England, Berkshire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province

Tests: Aug 24, 1978 (England v New Zealand, Lord's) to July 30, 1995 (England v West Indies, Manchester)

64 matches, 1713 runs at 22.53, 50s-10, 147 wickets at 38.40.

Best bowling: 7-78

ODIs: Jan 14, 1980 (Australia v England, Sydney) to Mar 20, 1993 (Sri Lanka v England, Moratuwa)

61 matches, 501 runs at 14.31, 76 wickets at 30.86.

Best bowling: 4-37

Coaching: Northhamptonshire, Middlesex

Middlesex were relegated to the second division last year and he became their cricket director this season.

Emburey holds the record of the most Test runs without scoring a century.

He also has 1608 first-class wickets to his name in a career spanning 1973 to 1997.

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