Simon Alexis Twigg (born 8 October 1977) 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. Twigg was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire. Twigg made his debut in

county cricket Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship ...

for

Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West England. It covers part of the Lake District as well as the north Pennines and Solway Firth coast. Cumberland had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974. From 19 ...

against Norfolk in the 2002

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 ...

. Twigg played one further match for Cumberland in that competition, coming in the same year against Bedfordshire. He also made his debut in List-A cricket for Cumberland, against the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in the first round of the

2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an County cricket, English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire who beat Worcestersh ...

which was played in 2002. In 2003, he joined

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

where he made his debut for the county in the 2003 Minor Counties Championship against Herefordshire. From 2003 to 2005, he represented the county in 12 Minor Counties matches, with his final Minor Counties appearance coming against Devon. Twigg also represented Cheshire in List-A cricket, representing the county 3 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming against Hampshire in 2004.List A Matches played by Simon Twigg
/ref> In his 4 List-A matches, he scored 149 runs at a batting average of 37.25, with a two half century scores and a high score of 68.

References

External links

Simon Twigg
at

Cricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a d ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Twigg, Simon 1977 births Living people Cricketers from Wakefield English cricketers Cumberland cricketers Cheshire cricketers