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is an former
English international
Cricket er.
He was born in
Bromley , London, (formerly Kent) on
June 8 1945 and educated at
Beckenham And Penge Grammar School For Boys .
He was one of the foremost
Spin Bowlers in the world for over a decade starting from the late 1960s. Not a classical spinner, Underwood bowled at around
Medium Pace and was often unplayable on seaming English wickets, particularly "
Sticky Wicket s", earning his nickname "Deadly" and accounting for the saying that England would "carry Underwood like an umbrella, in case of rain". His inswinging "
Arm Ball " was particularly noted for dismissing batsmen
Leg Before Wicket .
Underwood finished his career just 3 wickets short of 300 in Test cricket, at the excellent average of 25.83. He famously took the last 4
Australian wickets in 27 balls in the final half an hour at the end of the 5th Test in 1968, after a heavy thunderstorm on the fifth day had all but ended the match, to square an
Ashes series that Australia were winning 1-0.
Underwood played county cricket for
Kent making his
First-class debut against
Yorkshire aged 17 in 1963. He became the youngest player to take 100 first-class wickets in his first season of county cricket. He repeated this accomplishment a further 9 times. His batting was less accomplished, with a first-class average barely over 10 runs in 676 matches. He scored his first and only first-class century (111) at the age of 39, in his 591st first-class match.
Underwood was one of five England cricketers (the others being
Alan Knott ,
Dennis Amiss ,
Bob Woolmer and
Tony Greig ), to feature in
Kerry Packer 's
World Series Cricket in the late 1970s, and
Toured South Africa in 1981-82.
He was awarded the MBE in 1981.
In 1997, he became
Patron of the
Primary Club .
In a
Wisden article in 2004 he was selected by a highly respected panel as a member of England's greatest post-war XI.
Wisden article
