Karl Matthew Krikken (born 9 April 1969) 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 str ...
er who played for
Derbyshire County Cricket Club, primarily as a
wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. ...
, between 1987 and 2003.
Krikken was born in
Farnworth
Farnworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southeast of Bolton, 4.3 miles south-west of Bury (7 km), and northwest of Manchester.
Historically in Lancashire, Farnworth lies on the River Ir ...
,
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, the son of
Brian Krikken, a wicket-keeper with Lancashire and Worcestershire between 1966 and 1969. Krikken joined Derbyshire in the 1987 season and was the club's first-choice wicket-keeper for most of his career after displacing
Bernie Maher in the side. He was also a lower-order right-handed batsman.
A highlight of his career was winning the
1993 Benson & Hedges Cup with
Derbyshire
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. Krikken shared an unbeaten 77-run partnership with
man of the match
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Dominic Cork
Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...
in the narrow victory over
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
in the final, scoring 37 not out.
After his retirement, he became Derbyshire's Academy Coach in late 2003, having earned the
ECB's Level 4 Coaching Certificate. Krikken was appointed as the club's Head Coach in June 2011.
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1969 births
Living people
English cricketers
Derbyshire cricketers
English cricket coaches
Cricketers from Bolton
Griqualand West cricketers
Wicket-keepers