Best overseas players
• Darren Lehmann (Yorks) 1416 runs at 83.29, 12 wickets at 30.66
• Mike Hussey (Northants) 2055 runs at 79.03
• Stuart Law (Essex) 1311 runs at 65.55
• Murray Goodwin (Sussex) 1654 runs at 61.23
• Ian Harvey (Gloucs) 531 runs at 40.84, 41 wickets at 18.85
The top five were all Australian, or Australo-Zimbabwean.

Worst overseas players

• Vasbert Drakes (Warwicks) 209 runs at 20.90, 42 wickets at 36.59
• Daryll Cullinan (Kent) 122 runs at 40.66
In a year when most overseas players earnt their money, a modest contribution from Drakes stood out.

True allrounders?
England-qualified players who averaged more with bat than ball (regular bowlers only)

• Martin Bicknell (Surrey) 748 runs at 46.75, 72 wickets at 21.36; difference 25.39
• Robin Martin-Jenkins (Sussex) 524 at 47.63, 24 at 31.83; difference 15.80
• Richard Johnson (Somerset) 379 at 31.58, 62 wickets at 23.77; difference 7.81
• Tony Penberthy (Northants) 942 at 40.95, 25 at 40.76; difference 0.21
• Mark Ealham (Kent) 299 runs at 23.00, 25 wickets at 22.96; difference 0.04
The only one of these to play for England was Ealham, in a couple of one-day internationals, although Johnson was included in the Test squad without playing.

Most runs - England-qualified

• David Fulton (Kent) 1892 runs at 75.68
• Richard Montgomerie (Sussex) 1704 runs at 58.75
• Graeme Hick (Worcs) 1409 runs at 56.36
• Russell Warren (Northants) 1303 runs at 54.29
• Mark Butcher (Surrey and England) 1300 runs at 56.52
• Robert Key (Kent) 1281 runs at 45.75
Amongst these Butcher was the only man to play for England, though Key has been included in the first Academy party.

Most wickets - England-qualified

• James Kirtley (Sussex) 75 at 23.32
• Martin Bicknell (Surrey) 72 at 21.36
• Alamgir Sheriyar (Worcs) 71 at 25.28
• Devon Malcolm (Leics) 68 at 28.64
• Alan Mullally (Hampshire and England) 64 at 18.50
• Martin Saggers (Kent) 64 at 24.12
Of these only Mullally played for England, during the NatWest Series and in the 4th Test at Headingley, though Kirtley has been included in the one-day squad to tour Zimbabwe.

English spinners past, present and future (no qualification)

• Phil Tufnell (Middx and England, 35) 60 wickets at 28.68
• Shaun Udal (Hants, 32) 54 wickets at 29.81
• Min Patel (Kent, 31) 40 wickets at 30.70
• Monty Panesar (Northants, 19) 11 wickets at 32.54
• Richard Dawson (Yorks, 21) 30 wickets at 33.80
• Ashley Giles (Warwicks and England, 28) 12 wickets at 35.75
• Robert Croft (Glamorgan and England, 31) 24 wickets at 38.62
• Ian Salisbury (Surrey, 31) 27 wickets at 42.62
• Jason Brown (Northants, 26) 28 wickets at 50.25
• Jeremy Snape (Gloucs, 28) 8 wickets at 50.75
• Peter Such (Essex, 37) 24 wickets at 56.58
• Paul Grayson (Essex, 30) 9 wickets at 66.88
Croft, Giles and Tufnell each played one Test, Dawson has been included in the Test party to tour India and New Zealand and Grayson and Snape are in the one-day squad to go to Zimbabwe.

Overseas spinners
• Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan) 14 wickets at 12.57
• Shane Warne (Australia) 42 wickets at 18.66
• Muttiah Muralitharan (Lancashire) 50 wickets at 19.42
• Saqlain Mushtaq (Surrey and Pakistan) 62 wickets at 20.74
It can't just have been the pitches, for all four overseas spinners had significant success, though tellingly none are orthodox finger-spinners.

Notable strike rates
• Steve Kirby (Yorks) 35.80
• Chris Silverwood (Yorks) 38.00
• Martin Bicknell (Surrey) 45.10
• Jimmy Ormond (Leics and England) 59.40
• Craig White (Yorks and England) 75.50
• Ben Hollioake (Surrey) 88.80
Aside from the statistical freak that is Chris Adams (10 wickets at 11.10; strike rate 24.20) Kirby's was the highest strike rate amongst English bowlers.

Whatever happened to ... ?
• Graham Lloyd (Lancs, 32) 19 runs at 4.75
• David Millns (Notts, 36) 1 wicket at 87.00
• Martin McCague (Kent, 32) 2 wickets at 49.50
• Paul Hutchison (Yorks, 24) 7 wickets at 32.00
• Richard Stemp (Yorks, 33) 16 wickets at 44.18
• Andrew Harris (Notts, 28) 28 wickets at 39.57
• Paul Taylor (Northants, 37) 29 wickets at 46.37

Unfulfilled potential
• Michael Gough (Durham and England U-19 captain, 22) 450 runs at 19.56
• Chris Schofield (Lancs and England, 2 Tests v Zimbabwe, 22) 14 wickets at 54.07
• Ashley Cowan (Essex and England tour to West Indies 1997-98, 26) 33 wickets at 46.52
• Steve Harmison (Durham and England 'A', 22) 35 wickets at 36.05
• Paul Franks (Notts and England, one-day international v West Indies, 22) 13 wickets at 33.00
Harmison and Schofield have been included in the Academy squad.

Memo to Rod Marsh
How the first Academy intake got on
• Ian Bell (Warwicks, 19) 836 runs at 64.30, 1 wicket at 40.00
• Stephen Harmison (Durham, 22) 97 runs at 9.70, 35 wickets at 36.05
• Simon Jones (Glamorgan, 22) 83 runs at 8.30, 17 wickets at 52.17
• Derek Kenway (Hants, 23) 932 runs at 34.51, 1 wicket at 66.00
• Robert Key (Kent, 22) 1281 runs at 45.85
• Steve Kirby (Yorks, 23) 49 runs at 6.12, 47 wickets at 20.85
• Nicky Peng (Durham, 19) 551 runs at 26.23
• Chris Schofield (Lancs, 22) 390 runs at 32.50, 14 wickets at 54.07
• Andrew Strauss (Middx, 24) 1210 runs at 44.81
• Graeme Swann (Northants, 22) 543 runs at 21.72, 30 wickets at 45.50
• Chris Tremlett (Hants, 20) 83 runs at 16.60, 20 wickets at 20.05
• Alex Tudor (Surrey, 23) 413 runs at 31.76, 26 wickets at 35.65
• Mark Wallace (Glamorgan, 19) 290 runs at 22.30, 28 dismissals
• Mark Wagh (Warwicks, 24) 1277 runs at 58.04, 13 wickets at 36.38
• Matthew Wood (Yorks, 24) 1060 at 48.18

A season to forget
• Darren Maddy (Leics) 521 runs at 18.60
• Ian Ward (Surrey and England) 690 runs at 26.53
• Vikram Solanki (Worcs) 802 runs at 27.65
• Matthew Bulbeck (Somerset) 4 wickets at 125.25
• Dominic Cork (Derbys and England) 262 runs at 23.81, 12 wickets at 51.50
Cork and Ward started the summer in the Test side and ended it looking for winter employment, while the days of Solanki and Maddy being future England stars seem a long time ago.

Golden oldies
• Kim Barnett (Gloucs, 41) 1029 runs at 44.73
• Neil Fairbrother (Lancs, 38) 939 runs at 62.60
• Peter Bowler (Somerset, 38) 827 runs at 41.35
• Devon Malcolm (Leics, 38) 68 wickets at 28.64
• Adrian Aymes (Hants, 37) 572 runs at 40.85, 45 dismissals
• John Morris (Notts, 37) 640 runs at 45.71
• Phil Tufnell (Middx, 35) 60 wickets at 28.68
• Mark Robinson (Sussex, 34) 56 wickets at 19.33

More pace, less success
• Brett Lee (Australia) 17 wickets at 44.23
• Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan and Somerset) 6 wickets at 44.00

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