| |
Date |
Test |
Venue |
Opp. |
1st |
2nd |
Ct |
Result |
| |
12/12/86 |
3 |
Adelaide |
Aus |
11 |
dnb |
1 |
Match Drawn |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 1 |
11 |
11 |
11.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
n/a |
0 |
1 |
Whitaker was educated at Uppingham School and spent his whole career with Leicestershire County Cricket Club
and captained them from 1996 until he retired in 1999. In 1986, Whitaker was the leading English batsman in the
national batting averages with 1,526 runs at 66 apiece. He was selected to go on the 1986-87 Ashes tour and played
one Test in Adelaide when Ian Botham was out injured.
He later became the coach and director of cricket at the Leicestershire, before leaving in 2005. On 18 January 2008,
Geoff Miller took over from David Graveney as the national selector, heading up a four-man panel which
included Peter Moores, Whitaker and Ashley Giles. He was England's chairman of selectors from 2013 to 2018.