Cricketers XI with their birthday on 24th November

#7 Fred Titmus

Fred Titmus picked up 2830 First-class wickets

Fredrick John Titmus was one of the finest off-break bowlers for England back in the 1950s. The right-hander was born in London on November 24th 1932. Titmus' teammates often considered him to be a thinking cricketer and rightly so for he often got into the batsman's mind.

Titmus played close to 800 First-class games and picked up 2830 wickets. He was more a handy batsman in the lower order with close to 21000 runs in the same amount of games. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Lord's in 1955.

He went on to play 53 Tests and 2 ODIs for the national team picking up 153 Test and three ODI wickets. He averaged 22.29 with the bat in Tests with a high score of 84. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in the year 1982.