Ramprakash's 100th Hundred

Amidst the mass resignations over the weekend, Mark Ramprakash quietly achieved his hundredth hundred against Yorkshire. It has been mentioned that he will probably be the last player to achieve this memorable feat and I am delighted that he has done so.

He was my first batting hero, primarily as he was a local boy to me (his school was 'just round the corner'). He was also someone who I could quite easily find an excuse for, for not cutting it in the international arena (dropped too many times, played with a tail which started at 7 too many times etc).

I am certain that if he was 5 years younger he would have benefitted from central contracts and would been taken under the wing of Duncan Fletcher (without the baggage of the early 90s) and would have become a true international star and not just a county great.

But rather than reflecting on the woulds and ifs, Ramprakash will still have a memorable and deserved place in cricket history.

Well done!