Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club is an amateur
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 ...
club in
Knowle, near
Solihull
Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...
in
Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...
. They play their home games at Station Road in Knowle. The club's 1st XI currently play in the
Birmingham and District Premier League
The Birmingham & District Premier Cricket League is the oldest club cricket league in the United Kingdom, formed in 1888. It was the first ECB Premier League, being designated such in 1998, and is one of the strongest of the ECB Premier Leagues ...
.
Roll of Honour
*1998 Division One 1st XI Runners-Up
*1998 Division One 2nd XI Runners-Up
*1999 Division One 2nd XI Champions
*2000 Division One 1st XI Champions
*2001 1st XI Challenge Cup Champions
*2003 Premier Division 2nd XI Runners-Up
*2005 1st XI Challenge Cup Champions
*2007 Premier Division 1st XI runners-Up
*2007 Graham Williamson Trophy Runners-Up
*2009 Premier Division 1st XI Champions
*2017 Premier Division 1st XI Champions
Leading run scorers (1982-2021)
*Kevin Bray - 9008 runs (243 innings)
*Alex Phillips - 6083 (164)
*Sam Reddish - 4346 (176)
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Daniel Dalton - 4259 (141)
*Nigel Moore - 3845 (180)
*Tom Jameson - 3227 (140)
*Ian Maddocks - 3055 (149)
Leading wicket takers (1982-2021)
*Kevin Bray - 393 @ 15
*Will Mottram - 385 @ 22
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Jamie Spires
James 'Jamie' Ashley Stuart Spires (born 12 November 1976) is an English cricketer. Spires is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and educated at Solihull School.
Spires made his deb ...
- 327 @ 21
*Nigel Moore - 314 @ 21
*Ben Coley - 308 @21
*Chris Davidson - 290 @20
*Jack Grundy - 278 @ 20
*Tom Jameson - 236 @ 23
*Darren Altree - 208 @ 16
International players
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Allan Donald
Allan Anthony Donald (born 20 October 1966) is a South African former cricketer who is also the current bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team. Often nicknamed 'White Lightning' due to his lightning quick bowling, he is considered ...
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Gladstone Small
Gladstone Cleophas Small (born 18 October 1961) is an English former cricketer, who played in 17 Test matches and 53 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the England cricket team.
Small was primarily a pace bowler, he was selected for the 1986â ...
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David Hemp
David Lloyd Hemp (born 8 November 1970) is a former Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, who has played domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State, and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, ...
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Dougie Brown
Douglas Robert Brown (born 29 October 1969) is a Scottish former cricketer and former head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. Brown represented the Scottish national team as an all-rounder at One Day International (ODI) and Tw ...
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Travis Friend
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Jan-Berrie Burger
Andries Johannes Burger (born 25 August 1981), known as Jan-Berry Burger, is a former Namibian cricketer. He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever ODI team and was part of Namibia's first ever World C ...
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Ryan McLaren
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George Worker
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Ian Bell
Ian Ronald Bell (born 11 April 1982) is an English former cricketer who played international cricket in all formats for the England cricket team and county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. A right-handed higher/middle order batsm ...
External links
Official site
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