medium ▁bow ler . ▁Though ▁born ▁in ▁Dor set , ▁his ▁club ▁cr icket ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁Ta un ton ▁area ▁and ▁he ▁appeared ▁for ▁Som erset ' s ▁second ▁eleven ▁and ▁its ▁col ts ' ▁team ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 7 . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁first - team ▁debut ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁first - class ▁match ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁season , ▁but ▁then ▁played ▁fairly ▁regularly ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁first - class ▁and ▁one - day ▁formats ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁when ▁Som erset ▁had ▁an ▁unexpected ly ▁poor ▁season ▁and ▁finished ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁County ▁Championship . ▁In ▁ 1 0 ▁first - class ▁matches , ▁Turner ▁aver aged ▁nearly ▁ 2 4 ▁with ▁the ▁bat , ▁though ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁half ▁his ▁ 1 2 ▁inn ings ▁ending ▁with ▁him ▁not ▁out , ▁and ▁his ▁highest ▁score ▁was ▁an ▁un be aten ▁ 2 4 ▁against ▁War wick shire ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁where ▁Viv ▁Rich ards ▁made ▁ 3 2 2 . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁game , ▁Turner ▁took ▁four ▁w ick ets ▁for ▁ 7 4 ▁runs , ▁the ▁only ▁time ▁he ▁took ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁first - class ▁w ick ets ▁in ▁an ▁inn ings . ▁He ▁was ▁no ▁more ▁successful ▁in ▁one - day ▁matches , ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 3 ▁out ings ▁he ▁took ▁only ▁ 1 0 ▁w ick ets ▁and ▁made ▁ 6 8 ▁runs . ▁Wis den ▁Cr ick