Name:

Lohmann, George A

Date of Birth:

02 Jun 1865

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Kensington, London

Date Died:

01 Dec 1901

Career:

Test: 1886 - 1896
First Class: 1884 - 1896

Teams:

Surrey (Regional)
England (Country)

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George Lohmann: All time best bowling average and strike rate

George Lohmann was born on June 2, 1865 in Kensington, London. He died from tuberculosis aged 36 on December 1, 1901 at Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa.

He was a graceful right arm medium pace bowler who had a surprise quick ball within him. He was lethal on matting wickets

Lohmann has the lowest bowling average and best strike rate of any bowler with at least 100 Test wickets.

Early in his career he was considered more of a batsman, but his maiden first-class wicket was WG Grace and after that he went from strength to strength. He took 154 wickets as Surrey won the county championship in 1887 and took more than 200 in each of the next three years.

Lohmann toured Australia three times between 1886 and 1892, with a career highlight of 8-58 in Sydney in 1892. He took 7-36 against Australia at the Oval to help England win by an innings in 1886.

His highest series haul was 35 wickets in 3 Tests in South Africa in 1895/96. He set a new record at Port Elizabeth by taking eight wickets for just seven runs in South Africa's second innings, having taken 7-38 first time out. Astonishingly, better was to follow as he took 9-28 at Johannesburg, which stood as the Test record until Jim Laker took all 10 in 1956.

After retiring in 1896, Lohmann migrated to South Africa to enjoy the warmer climate as it was better for his tuberculosis. He managed the South African team to England in 1901

Lohmann was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2016.

Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter