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Full name Melvyn Morris Betts
Born March 26, 1975, Sacriston, Durham
Current age 33 years 164 days
Major teams Durham,Warwickshire
Nickname Mel B, Betsy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Fyndoune Community College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
117
168
37
1897
73
14.48
0
5
38
0
List A
97
63
25
368
21
9.68
0
0
15
0
Twenty20
11
3
1
17
13*
8.50
6
283.33
0
0
4
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
117
18184
10723
347
9/64
30.90
3.53
52.4
14
2
List A
97
4290
3526
118
4/15
4/15
29.88
4.93
36.3
5
0
0
Twenty20
11
11
222
347
6
2/51
2/51
57.83
9.37
37.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1993
Last First-class
Durham v Middlesex at Chester-le-Street, May 10-13, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1995
Last List A
Essex v Middlesex at Southend-on-Sea, Aug 6, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Kent v Middlesex at Maidstone, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Leicestershire v Middlesex at Leicester, Jul 18, 2005 scorecard
Profile
Melvyn Betts emerged as a young fast bowler with Durham at the same time as Steve Harmison, but while Harmison went on to greater things, Betts never quite fulfilled his early promise. Troubled by injury and inconsistency, he nevertheless toured Zimbabwe and South Africa with England A in 1998-99, but moved to Warwickshire in 2000 and, after again failing to cement a regular first-team place, switched again to Middlesex in 2004.
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