Graham David Lloyd (born 1 July 1969) is a former English
cricket
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er who played for
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in English cricket. The club has held first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, although the team also play ...
(1988–2002) and in six
One Day International
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s for
England between 1996 and 1998. His final
List A cricket appearance was for
Cumberland County Cricket Club in 2003 against
Scotland, a match in which he scored 123 runs.
Lloyd played club cricket for
Accrington
Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...
Cricket Club, the town in which he was born. He is the son of former England coach and batsman
David Lloyd, under whom he made all of his appearances for England. When Lloyd Senior came out of retirement at the age of 61 to play again for Accrington in 2008 he batted alongside son Graham with father and son making 15 and 78 respectively in a loss against
Haslingden Cricket Club.
Lloyd is now an
umpire on the first-class umpires list of the
England and Wales Cricket Board.
Personal life
Lloyd married Sharon Miller in 1998. They had 2 sons Joseph and Joshua. Sharon Lloyd died after a five-year battle with a brain tumour in 2011.
References
External links
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1969 births
England One Day International cricketers
English cricketers
Lancashire cricketers
Living people
Sportspeople from Accrington
Cumberland cricketers
English cricket umpires
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