Cricketers XI with their birthday on 24th November

#8 Roly Jenkins

Roly Jenkins was another English cricketer born on 24th November in the year 1918. The right-arm leg-break bowler was born in Worcester and had an incredible First-class career. He picked up 1309 wickets in 386 matches at an average of 23.64 and an economy of 3.11. Despite his impressive bowling records at the First-class level, Jenkins managed to play only in nine Test matches for England in which he picked up 32 wickets.

He was often known for the amount of hard work he would put in to every over and his team mates would often ask him to relax. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in the year 1958.