Keith Pont
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Keith Rupert Pont is a first class cricketer http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18565.html. He was born in Wanstead in 1953 and played for Essex from 1970 to 1986. A 6 foot 2 inch seam bowling
all rounder
, he scored 6558 runs in 198 first class games, with a best of 125* against Glamorgan
among his 7 centuries, and took 96 wickets with a best of 5 for 17. He scored another 2894 runs and claimed 146 wickets in 249 one day games. His brother, Ian Pont, also played for the county. He went on to become director of development at the ECB and, in 2005, chief executive of the Get Fit Foundation.
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
all rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
, he scored 6558 runs in 198 first class games, with a best of 125* against Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
among his 7 centuries, and took 96 wickets with a best of 5 for 17. He scored another 2894 runs and claimed 146 wickets in 249 one day games. His brother, Ian Pont, also played for the county. He went on to become director of development at the ECB and, in 2005, chief executive of the Get Fit Foundation.