John Emburey Career Best Figure 7 for 78 vs Australia at Sydney in 1986-87

John Emburey was born on 20 August 1952. He is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England. John Emburey was a right-arm spin bowler and a slightly eccentric but useful lower-order batsman with the style of a grafter. In the 5^th Ashes Test at Sydney in 1986-87, John Embury took the career-best figure of 7 for 78 in the 2^nd inning. Unfortunately, his efforts were in vain, as England lost the test by 55 runs. Let's get into the video.

John Emburey was briefly made England Test captain in 1988, the notorious "Summer of four captains". Mike Gatting was sacked after the first Test match against the West Indies and Emburey was appointed for two matches, both of which were lost. Emburey too was fired and was replaced by Chris Cowdrey for the fourth Test. Cowdrey lasted just one match, replaced in turn by Graham Gooch. While not a successful Test captain, Emburey had some successes captaining England in one-day international cricket, leading them to victory (in the absence of Gatting and Botham) in the Sharjah Cup in 1986–7. 

John Emburey was the only cricketer to go on both the England rebel tours to South Africa in 1981/2 and 1989/90; the rebels were banned from Test matches. Emburey was eventually restored to the England test team (respectively in 1985 and 1993). Later in his Test career, Emburey tended to be picked for single Tests in England, as happened in 1993 against Australia, when statistically, he was the leading all rounder in the country, and 1995 against the West Indies.