Angus Robert Charles Fraser (born 8 August 1965, in Billinge, Lancashire) was an English cricketer. Jump to: navigation, search August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search A cricket match in progress. ...

Fraser was one of the most consistent English seam bowlers of the 1990s, although like all too many of that decade's players, his selection or otherwise for the international side was sometimes a matter of the selectors' whims rather than being decided on purely cricketing grounds. Seam bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

Perhaps his finest hour came in the Barbados Test match of the 1993/94 West Indies tour, when Fraser took 8-75 in the first innings to help set up a famous victory, West Indies' first defeat at Bridgetown for more than half a century. His career-best first-class cricket figures, 8-53, were also taken in a Test against the same opposition, this time at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in 1997/98. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... An innings, or inning, is a segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which a side takes its turn to bat. ... Bridgetown, population 5,928 (1990), formerly the Town of Saint Michael, is the capital city lies in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Port-of-Spain, population 49,000 (metro: 300,000) (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Despite his Lancashire birthplace, Fraser played all his county cricket for Middlesex, in a first-class career running from 1984 to 2002. He served as the county captain from 2001 until his retirement in 2002, when he was appointed as the cricket correspondent of "The Independent" newspaper. In the UK, County cricket is the domestic form of the sport of cricket that is considered to be first-class cricket. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Cricinfo page on Angus Fraser