David Wilde (born 3 July 1950) is a former English
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played
first-class cricket for
Derbyshire in 1971 and 1972.
Wilde was born in
Glossop
Glossop is a market town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manches ...
. He started playing for Derbyshire in 1969 for the junior sides and for the second XI, and became a regular bowler for the second eleven in 1970. In the
1971 season Wilde made his first-class debut against
Somerset in May when he took three wickets. He played three more first-class games in the season but most of his games were for the second XI.
In the 1972 season, Wilde played proportionately more games for the first team and recorded his best bowling figures of 3-27 against
Essex.
Wilde played limited-overs cricket with one match in 1969 and 1970 and extensive appearances throughout 1972, but left the professional game in the same year.
Wilde was a left-arm medium-fast bowler and took 23 first-class wickets at an average of 37.39 and a best performance of 3 for 27. He took ten wickets in one-day cricket with an average of 31.10 and a best performance of 3 for 31. He was a left-handed batsman and played 15 innings in 13 first-class matches at an average of 3.10 and a top score of 12. He played 3 innings in ten one-day matches and made one run.
David Wilde at Cricket Archive
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References
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1950 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Glossop
Cricketers from Derbyshire
English cricketers
Derbyshire cricketers