17 December 2020
There is no doubt that Mark Ramprakash had an affinity with Yorkshire. His debut came against the White Rose county, as did his first century and, more famously and memorably, so did his 100th. Paul Dyson looks back at the relationship between the county and the most watchable batsmen of his era.
On August 24th and 25th, 1995, i.e. 25 years ago, Mark Ramprakash scored what was then the highest innings of his career. It was at Headingley against a Yorkshire attack including Peter Hartley, Chris Silverwood, Craig White, Mark Robinson and Richard Stemp and totalled 235 runs. It was his third double-century of the season, came from 426 balls and included one six and 31 fours. It equalled the record (since beaten) for a visiting batsman against Yorkshire in Leeds and was praised by Wisden as being a ‘high-class’ innings. He enabled Middlesex to score 516 for nine declared and win by an innings.