Few cricketers have gained as much experience at the age of 24 as John Brian Statham ... and a product of Denton West club, Statham played his early cricket with the Whitworth Street team in ...

Fast bowling represents the alarming element in cricket, the thunderstorm inducing ... complementary and contrasting. Brian Statham came quietly upon the Test match stage. At the age of 20 he ...

Alongside Fred Trueman, Brian Statham formed one of England's best new ball partnerships. His accuracy helped him take 252 Test wickets at an average of 24.84 in a Test career spanning 14 years. Brian ...