Russell Christopher Green (born 30 July 1959) 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 striki ...

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

St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...

, Hertfordshire. Green made his debut for

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 ...

against Cambridgeshire in the 1982

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 ...

. He played Minor counties as a regular member of the Suffolk side, as well as making his

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

debut against Derbyshire in the

1983 NatWest Trophy The 1983 NatWest Trophy was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 June and 3 September 1983. The third NatWest Trophy competition, it was won by Somerset who defeated Kent by 24 runs in the final at Lord' ...

. After success in his early years with Suffolk, Russell was signed by

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in 1984, making two first-class appearances against Worcestershire and Cambridge University, as well as two List A appearances against Middlesex in the

1984 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup was the thirteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club. Fixtures and results Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Quarter-finals ...

and Worcestershire in the

1984 John Player Special League The 1984 John Player Special League was the sixteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Essex County Cricket Club. Standings Batting averages Bowling averages See ...

. His brief time with Glamorgan was without success and he subsequently returned to Suffolk. He continued to play Minor counties cricket for Suffolk until 1991, in the process he made a total of 66 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 11 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He also went on to make a further six List A appearances for Suffolk, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the

1990 NatWest Trophy The 1990 NatWest Trophy was the 10th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 June and 1 September 1990. The tournament was won by Lancashire who defeated Northamptonshire by 7 wickets ...

. He made a total of seven List A appearances for the county, taking six wickets at an average of 39.16, with best figures of 3/44. Playing for Suffolk also allowed him to play for the Minor Counties cricket team, who he made his List A debut for against Kent in the

1987 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 first-class county clubs within the domestic c ...

. He made nine further List A appearances for the team, the last of which came against Hampshire in the

1991 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twentieth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs wi ...

. In his 10 matches for the team, he took 10 wickets at an average of 47.10, with best figures of 3/67.

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