Steve Atkinson (cricketer)
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| Steve Atkinson | ||||
 Hong Kong |
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Robert Atkinson | |||
| Born | 8 December 1952 | |||
| Birtley, Durham, England | ||||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Not known | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1985-1989 | Minor Counties | |||
| 1978 | Minor Counties East | |||
| 1974 | Minor Counties North | |||
| 1973-1985 | Durham | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| First-class | List A | ICC Trophy | ||
| Matches | 1 | 23 | 16 | |
| Runs scored | 63 | 453 | 618 | |
| Batting average | 63.00 | 19.69 | 47.53 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/2 | 2/3 | |
| Top score | 63 | 84 | 162 | |
| Balls bowled | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wickets | - | - | 0 | |
| Bowling average | - | - | - | |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | - | - | 0/37 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 7/0 | 9/0 | |
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As of 21 October 2007 |
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Stephen Robert "Steve" Atkinson (born 8 December 1952 in Durham, England)[1] is an English-born cricketer who has represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international competition.[2]
A right-handed batsman,[2] he also played minor counties cricket for Durham and played for the second XIs of first-class counties Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.[3]
[edit] Career
After making his debut for Durham in 1972,[3] he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the first round of the Gillette Cup, playing the following month against Essex in the same competition. He played in the Benson & Hedges Cup for a Minor Counties North team in 1974, in addition to two matches for Durham in the Gillette Cup.[4]
He next played List A cricket for Durham in the 1977 Gillette Cup against Northamptonshire, and played for Minor Counties North in the following years Benson & Hedges Cup, also playing for Durham in the Gillette Cup the same year, and the subsequent three years.[4]
He played his final List A match for Durham against Kent in 1985, and all his subsequent List A matches were for a combined Minor Counties team.[4] Also in 1985, he played his only first-class match, for a combined Minor Counties team against Zimbabwe.[5] The following year, he play for the Netherlands in the 1986 ICC Trophy[6] and scored 162 against Israel, the second highest score for the Netherlands in ICC Trophy competition[7] and the fourth highest overall.[8]
He continued to play for Durham for the next three years,[3] though he eventually settled in Hong Kong, where his son (who has played cricket for Hong Kong) was born in 1990.[9] He played for Hong Kong at the 1994 ICC Trophy.[6] He now is the selector for Hong Kong's junior teams.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ a b Cricket Archive profile
- ^ a b c Teams played for by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c List A matches played by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class matches played by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ^ a b ICC Trophy matches played by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ^ Centuries for the Netherlands in the ICC Trophy at CricketArchive
- ^ Centuries in the ICC Trophy at CricketArchive
- ^ Jamie Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ^ HKCA announces new selection panel, 25 August 2007 at Cricinfo
