Giles William Ecclestone (born 17 October 1968) is an English
cricket
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er. Ecclestone is a left-handed
batsman
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who bowls right-arm
medium pace
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. He was born in
Lambeth
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area expe ...
, London.
Ecclestone made his debut for
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...
in the 1989
Minor Counties Championship
The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...
against
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
. From 1989 to 1996, he represented the county in 41 Championship matches, following those up 6 years later with his final Championship appearance for Cambridgeshire against
Bedfordshire
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. Ecclestone played in the
MCCA Knockout Trophy
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for Cambridgeshire, making his debut in that competition against
Suffolk
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in 1989. From 1989 to 1997, he played 17 Trophy matches. He followed that up during his second stint with the county by playing 5 more from 2002 to 2004, the last of which came against
Cumberland
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.
It was for Cambridgeshire that Ecclestone made his debut in
List A cricket
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against
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
in the
1992 NatWest Trophy
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. Following the 1992 season, he played a single List A match in South Africa for
Natal Country Districts against
Orange Free State
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. For Cambridgeshire, he played a further 4 List A matches during his first stint with the county, the last of which came against
Hampshire
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in the
1997 NatWest Trophy. Ecclestone made his only appearance for a combined
Minor Counties
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team in a List A match against
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
in the 1997
Benson and Hedges Cup
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It was the third major one-day competition established in Englan ...
.
In 1999, he made his debut for the
Essex Cricket Board
The Essex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Essex.
From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.Ireland
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in the
1999 NatWest Trophy
The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999. The tournament was won by Gloucestershire who defeated Somerset by 50 runs in the fin ...
. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against the
Sussex Cricket Board
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in the 1st round of the
2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. Ecclestone played a further List A match, which came during his second stint with Cambridgeshire when they played the
Middlesex Cricket Board
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The Board of the MCB consists of four representatives nominated by the Middlesex County Cricket Club, thre ...
in the 2nd round of the
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
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which was played in 2002. Ecclestone played a total of 13 List A matches, during which he scored 270 runs at a
batting average
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Cricket
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of 20.76, with 2
half centuries and a high score of 92. In the field he took 9
catches
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, while with the ball he took 4 wickets at a
bowling average
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of 39.25, with best figures of 4/43.
He currently plays club cricket for
Saffron Walden Cricket Club
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in the
East Anglian Premier League. In February 2020, he was named in England's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the
coronavirus pandemic
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.
Family
His brother,
Simon
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, played
first-class cricket
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for
Oxford University
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and
Somerset
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, as well as List A and
Minor counties cricket
The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes unde ...
for Cambridgeshire. He has a wife and 3 children, two daughters and one son.
References
External links
Giles Ecclestoneat
Cricinfo
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Giles Ecclestoneat CricketArchive
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1968 births
Living people
Cricketers from Lambeth
English cricketers
Cambridgeshire cricketers
Natal Country Districts cricketers
Minor Counties cricketers
Essex Cricket Board cricketers