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Ian Cockbain (cricketer, Born 1958)
Ian Cockbain (19 April 1958 – 2 September 2022) was an English cricketer. He was born in Bootle, Lancashire. Cockbain, a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left arm orthodox, made his first-class début for Lancashire against Leicestershire towards the end of the 1979 County Championship. In his second match the following season against eventual champions Middlesex at Lord's Cricket Ground, he helped Lancashire secure a draw, scoring 69 runs. Cockbain played a further 45 first-class appearances for Lancashire, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the 1983 County Championship. In his 46 first-class matches, he scored 1,456 runs at an average of 21.10, with a high score of 98. This score, which was one of seven first-class fifties he made, came against Warwickshire in 1982. He made his List A debut against Middlesex in the 1980 John Player League. Cockbain went on to make 26 further appearances in that format for the county, the last of which came against Hampshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bootle
Bootle (pronounced ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 51,394 in 2011; the wider Parliamentary constituency had a population of 98,449. Historically part of Lancashire, Bootle's proximity to the Irish Sea and the industrial city of Liverpool to the south saw it grow rapidly in the 1800s, first as a dormitory town for wealthy merchants, and then as a centre of commerce and industry in its own right following the arrival of the railway and the expansion of the docks and shipping industries. The subsequent population increase was fuelled heavily by Irish migration. The town was heavily damaged in World War II with air raids against the port and other industrial targets. Post-war economic success in the 1950s and 1960s gave way to a downturn, precipitated by a reduction in the significance of Liverpool Docks internationally, and changing levels of industrialisation, coupled with the development of modern suburbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as '' The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Counties Of English And Welsh Cricket
The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). There are currently twenty teams in National Counties cricket: nineteen representing historic counties of England, plus the Wales National County Cricket Club. Of the 39 historic counties of England, 17 have a first-class county cricket team (the 18th first-class county is Glamorgan in Wales) and 18 participate in the National Counties championship. Since 2021, Cumberland and Westmorland have been represented by Cumbria in the National Counties championship, while the remaining two historic counties, Huntingdonshire and Rutland, have associations with other counties (Huntingdonshire with Cambridgeshire and Rutland with Leicestershire). Despite this, Huntingdonshire has its own Cricket Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the ''Minor Counties Knock Out Competition'' from 1986 to 1987, the ''Holt Cup'' from 1988 to 1992, the ''MCC Trophy'' from 1993 to 1998, the ''ECB 38-County Cup'' from 1999 to 2002, the ''MCCA Knockout Trophy'' from 2003 to 2005. It has been called the ''MCCA Trophy'' since 2006 until its current rebranding in 2020. From 1998 to 2002, the competition was contested by 38 teams and included a group stage. The traditional National counties, plus Huntingdonshire and the "cricket boards" of the 18 first-class counties, as well as a Channel Islands team. The 2002 competition, which was won by the Warwickshire Cricket Board, remains the only time a non-National county has won the competition. This format was discontinued after 2002 and the competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumbria County Cricket Club (formerly Cumberland County Cricket Club) is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. Originally, it represented the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. It now represents the ceremonial county of Cumbria, as defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997. Cumbria was first created in 1974 as an administrative county by combining the traditional counties of Cumberland and Westmorland along with Furness (formerly a district in Lancashire) and a small part of north-west Yorkshire. The team is currently a member of the National Counties Cricket Championship Eastern Division and plays in the NCCA Knockout Trophy. Cumbria played List A matches occasionally from 1984 until 2004 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. The club is based at the Edenside Ground, Carlisle and also plays matches around Cumbria at various places including Workington, Penrith, Netherfield Cricket Club Ground in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 English Cricket Season
The 1984 English cricket season was the 85th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. West Indies and Sri Lanka toured England. On the domestic front the County Championship was retained by Essex who also won the Sunday League. Honours *County Championship - Essex *NatWest Trophy - Middlesex * Sunday League - Essex *Benson & Hedges Cup - Lancashire *Minor Counties Championship - Durham *MCCA Knockout Trophy - Hertfordshire *Second XI Championship - Yorkshire II *Wisden - Martin Crowe, Larry Gomes, Geoff Humpage, Jack Simmons, Sidath Wettimuny Test series West Indies tour Sri Lanka tour County Championship NatWest Trophy Benson & Hedges Cup Sunday League Leading batsmen Leading bowlers References External sources Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984at CricketArchive at CricketArchive at CricketArchive at CricketArchive Annual reviews * Playfair Cricket Annual 1985 * Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1985 English cric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 English Cricket Season
The 1983 English cricket season was the 84th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The third 1983 Cricket World Cup, Prudential World Cup was won by India. New Zealand won a Test series in England for the first time. Essex County Cricket Club, Essex won the Schweppes County Championship and Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire won the Pro40, Sunday League. The MCCA Knockout Trophy was inaugurated. Honours *County Championship, Schweppes County Championship - Essex CCC, Essex *Friends Provident Trophy, NatWest Trophy - Somerset CCC, Somerset *Pro40, Sunday League - Yorkshire CCC, Yorkshire *Benson & Hedges Cup - Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex *Minor Counties Cricket Championship, Minor Counties Championship - Hertfordshire County Cricket Club, Hertfordshire *MCCA Knockout Trophy - Cheshire County Cricket Club, Cheshire *Second XI Championship - Leicestershire CCC, Leicestershire II *Wisden - Mohinder Amarnath, Jeremy Coney, John Emburey, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 John Player Special League
The 1983 John Player League was the fifteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Standings Batting averages Bowling averages See also Sunday League References John Player John Player & Sons, most often known simply as Player's, was a tobacco and cigarette manufacturer based in Nottingham, England. In 1901, the company merged with other companies to form The Imperial Tobacco Company to face competition from US ma ... Pro40 {{Cricket-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic counties of England, historic county of Hampshire. Hampshire teams formed by earlier organisations, principally the Hambledon Club, always had first-class status and the same applied to the county club when it was founded in 1863. Because of poor performances for several seasons until 1885, Hampshire then lost its status for nine seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895, since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Hampshire originally played at the Antelope Ground, Southampton until 1885 when they relocated to the County Ground, Southampton until 2000, before moving to the purpose-built Rose Bowl (cricket ground), Rose Bowl in West End, which is in the Borough of Eastleigh. The club has twice won the County Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 John Player League
The 1980 John Player League was the twelfth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Standings Batting averages Bowling averages See also Sunday League References John Player John Player & Sons, most often known simply as Player's, was a tobacco and cigarette manufacturer based in Nottingham, England. In 1901, the company merged with other companies to form The Imperial Tobacco Company to face competition from US ma ... Pro40 {{English-domestic-cricket-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic counties of England, historic county of Warwickshire. Its T20 team is called the Birmingham Bears. Founded in 1882, the club held minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, minor status until it was elevated to first-class in 1894 pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, Warwickshire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Warwickshire's kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor is Gullivers Sports Travel. The club's home is Edgbaston Cricket Ground in south Birmingham, which regularly hosts Test cricket, Test and One-Day International matches. Honours First XI honours * County Championship (8) – 1911 English cricket season, 1911, 1951 English cricket season, 1951, 1972 English cricket season, 1972, 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half Century
One half ( : halves) is the irreducible fraction resulting from dividing one by two or the fraction resulting from dividing any number by its double. Multiplication by one half is equivalent to division by two, or "halving"; conversely, division by one half is equivalent to multiplication by two, or "doubling". One half often appears in mathematical equations, recipes, measurements, etc. Half can also be said to be one part of something divided into two equal parts. For instance, the area ''S'' of a triangle is computed. :''S'' = × perpendicular height. One half also figures in the formula for calculating figurate numbers, such as triangular numbers and pentagonal numbers: : \frac and in the formula for computing magic constants for magic squares : M_2(n) = \frac \left(n^ + 1\right) The Riemann hypothesis states that every nontrivial complex root of the Riemann zeta function has a real part equal to . One half has two different decimal expansions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
