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1982 NatWest Trophy
The 1982 NatWest Trophy was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 4 September 1982. It was the 2nd NatWest Trophy, after it had been renamed from the Gillette Cup the previous year. The tournament was won by Surrey who defeated Warwickshire by 9 wickets in the final at Lord's. Format The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Durham and Norfolk. The Ireland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test And County Cricket Board
The Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) was the governing body for Test and county cricket in Great Britain between 1968 and 1996. The TCCB was established in 1968 to replace the functions of the Board of Control for Test Matches (established in 1898) and the Advisory County Cricket Committee (1904) which had been set up by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to administer Test cricket in England and the County Championship respectively. In order to be eligible for government funding through the Sports Council, cricket needed an independent governing body and the representatives from the TCCB, together with representatives from MCC and the National Cricket Association (NCA), formed a new Cricket Council, initially known as the MCC Council. The TCCB assumed responsibility for all county cricket and the England team at home and abroad, although England touring teams continued under the name MCC until the 1976–77 season. In 1992 Scotland severed their ties with the TCCB and Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882, Durham held minor status for over a century and was a prominent member of the Minor Counties Championship, winning the competition seven times. In 1992, the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to senior status as an official first-class team. Durham has been classified as an occasional List A team from 1964, then as a full List A team from 1992; and as a senior Twenty20 team since the format's introduction in 2003. Durham CCC competes in the Specsavers County Championship, the Royal London One-Day Cup and in the North Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. They won the County Championship in 2008 for the first time, retained the trophy in the 2009 season, and then won it for a third time in 2013. In one-day competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland. The club's limited overs team is called the Leicestershire Foxes. Founded in 1879, the club had minor county status until 1894 when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, Leicestershire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. The club is based at Grace Road, Leicester, known as Uptonsteel County Ground and have also played home games at Aylestone Road in Leicester, at Hinckley, Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Coalville, Uppingham and Oakham inside the traditional county boundaries. In limited overs cricket, the kit colours are red with black trim in the Royal London One Day Cup and black with red trim in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Dethridge
Frank Rodney Dethridge (born 13 September 1961) is a former English cricketer. Dethridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Pembury, Kent. Dethridge made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1982 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Dethridge played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire until 1983, which included 11 Minor Counties Championship matches. He made his only List A appearance against Somerset in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he scored 31 runs before being run out. With the ball, he claimed a single wicket, that of Vic Marks, for the cost of 21 runs from 7 overs. His performance in this match earned him the man-of-the-match award. Dethridge also played for Durham University, where he took a degree in Zoology followed by a teaching certificate. He was part of the Kent Second XI (1982) in the Second XI Championship and later represented Berkshire (1985) and Free Foresters Free Foresters Crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Oslear
Donald Osmund Oslear (3 March 1929 – 10 May 2018) was a Test cricket umpire from England. Don Oslear was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, in 1929 and joined the first-class panel in 1975 at the age of 46 without any first-class playing experience. He stood in five Test matches between 1980 and 1984 and eight One Day Internationals, including a semi-final of the 1983 World Cup. He umpired 360 first-class matches between 1975 and 1993. Alongside John Holder, he is credited with the idea of a 'bowl-out' to decide a drawn match after the 55-over 1987 Tilcon Trophy final had been washed out by rain. The organisers had ordered them to think of another way of settling the match rather than the traditional and sometimes unpopular means of the toss of a coin. This idea was subsequently adopted into all ECB limited-overs competitions. See also * List of Test cricket umpires * List of One Day International cricket umpires This is a list of cricket umpires who have offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Birkenshaw
Jack Birkenshaw, (born 13 November 1940) was an English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach. Cricket commentator, Colin Bateman, stated "Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer: a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile, a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog, a dependable fielder and great competitor". Lean times at Yorkshire and Leicestershire Born on 13 November 1940, in Rothwell, near Leeds, Yorkshire, Birkenshaw attended John Lawrence cricket school at Rothwell from the age of seven, and when aged 14 he appeared for Rothwell Grammar School and Yorkshire Schools. He was also a stand-off in the school rugby team. He played cricket for Lofthouse, Farsley and Leeds. Birkenshaw played a single County Championship match for Yorkshire at the age of 17 in 1958, taking the wicket of Jim Parks in both innings, but did not make another first-class appearance until 1959. That year he took 40 wickets a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst the Borough of Bedford had a population of 157,479. Bedford is also the historic county town of Bedfordshire. Bedford was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse and is thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia, who is remembered for building Offa's Dyke on the Welsh border. Bedford Castle was built by Henry I of England, Henry I, although it was destroyed in 1224. Bedford was granted borough status in 1165 and has been represented in Parliament since 1265. It is known for its large Italians in the United Kingdom, population of Italian descent. History The name of the town is believed to derive from the name of a Saxon chief called Beda, and a Ford (crossing), ford crossing the River Great Ouse. Bedford was a marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldington Bury
Goldington Bury is a cricket ground in the Goldington area of Bedford, in England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1941, when Bedford Town played London Counties. The ground hosted its first Minor Counties Championship match when Bedfordshire played Hertfordshire in 1967. From 1967 to 2003, the ground played host to 32 Minor Counties Championship matches, with the final Minor Counties Championship match played at the ground seeing Bedfordshire host Northumberland. The ground has also hosted 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. The ground has also hosted List-A matches, the first played between Bedfordshire and Hampshire in the 1968 Gillette Cup. The ground has hosted 3 List-A matches involving Bedfordshire and a single match with Minor Counties South as the home side against Essex in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup. In local domestic cricket, Goldington Bury is the home ground of Bedford Cricket Club and has been since the 1930s. The club was known under the name of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Lines
Steven John Lines (born 16 March 1963) is a former English cricketer. Lines was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire. Lines made his debut for Bedfordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1980 to 1990, making 51 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his List A debut against Somerset in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. He was dismissed for a single run by Hallam Moseley in Bedfordshire's innings, while with the ball he took the wickets of Peter Roebuck, Ian Botham and Nigel Popplewell for the cost of 28 runs from 10 overs. He made a further List A appearance against Gloucestershire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he took the wicket of Kevin Curran for the cost of 13 runs from a single over, while with the bat he was dismissed for 2 runs by David Graveney. Lines also made a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Marks
Victor James Marks (born 25 June 1955) is an English sports journalist and former professional cricketer. An off spin bowler, Marks played in six Test matches and thirty four One Day Internationals for England. His entire county cricket career was spent with Somerset, spanning the period between 1975 and 1989. Marks also played for Oxford University whilst a student and had one season playing in Western Australia, winning the Sheffield Shield 1986–87. After retiring as a player, Marks became a cricket journalist. He writes match reports and opinion pieces for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'' newspapers, and frequently appears on BBC Radio's ''Test Match Special'' as a summariser. Playing career Marks was born on 25 June 1955 in Middle Chinnock, Somerset. He was educated at Blundell's School and Oxford University, for whom he played cricket between 1975 and 1978 (alongside Imran Khan and Chris Tavaré, and opposite Peter Roebuck of Cambridge University, subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Richards made his test debut in 1974 against India along with Gordon Greenidge. His best years were between 1976 and 1983 where he averaged a remarkable 66.51 with the bat in test cricket. In 1984 he suffered from pterygium and had an eye surgery which affected his eyesight and reflexes. Despite this, he remained the best batsman in the world for the next four years, averaging 50. His form declined in the latter years of his career where he averaged 36. Overall, Richards scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23 and retired as then West Indies leading run scorer, which was previously held by the Barbadian all-rounder Garfield Sobers. He also scored 1281 runs in World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pearson (cricketer)
Andrew Stuart Pearson (born 25 September 1957) is a former English cricketer. Pearson was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Rustington, Sussex. Having played for the Northamptonshire Second XI between 1974 and 1980, Pearson later made his debut for Bedfordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 1981 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1981 to 1987, making 40 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 8 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his List A debut against Somerset in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. In this match he scored 39 runs before being dismissed by Viv Richards. He made a further List A appearance against Gloucestershire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. He scored 4 runs in this match, before being dismissed by David Lawrence. He later played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board against Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
