Derrick Brooks Keith Page (born 24 May 1961) is a Jamaican born former English

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er. Page was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in

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, Cornwall County. Page made his debut for Shropshire in the 1990

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against Dorset. He played a further match in that season's competition against

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. He played a single

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match for Shropshire in the

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against Derbyshire. He was dismissed for a duck in this game by

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, while with the ball he bowled 5 wicket-less overs. Page later joined

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in 1992, making his debut for the county in the 1992 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Wales Minor Counties. He played Minor counties cricket in just the

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for Staffordshire, making 6 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. Additionally, he also made a single List A appearance for the county in the

1992 NatWest Trophy The 1992 NatWest Trophy was the 12th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1992. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Le ...

against Warwickshire. He scored 6 unbeaten runs in the match, while taking the wicket of

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for the cost of 46 runs from 9 overs.

References

External links

Derrick Page
at ESPNcricinfo
Derrick Page
at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Derrick 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent English cricketers Shropshire cricketers Staffordshire cricketers