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| Full name | Brett Lyle Crosdale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1973 Waratah, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 October 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brett Lyle Crosdale (born 30 May 1973) is a former Australian born English cricketer. Crosdale was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Waratah, New South Wales.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.
Seam bowling is a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.
Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Newcastle's central business district and bounded on the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter line.
Crosdale played 5 matches for the Somerset Second XI in the Second XI Championship from 1995 to 1996. [1] Crosdale later made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 2000 against Oxfordshire. He represented the county in one further Minor Counties Championship match in 2000, which came against Herefordshire. [2] Crosdale also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy during the 2000 season. His debut in that competition came against the Somerset Cricket Board. During the 2000 season, he represented the county in 4 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Cornwall. [3]
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Somerset. The club's limited overs team was formerly the Somerset Sabres, but is now known only as Somerset.
The Second XI Championship is a season-long cricket competition in England that is competed for by the reserve teams of those county cricket clubs that have first-class status. The competition started in 1959 and has been contested annually ever since.
Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. Founded in 1893, it represents the historic county of Wiltshire.
Corsdale also represented Wiltshire in 2 List A matches. His 2 List A matches came against Scotland and the Middlesex Cricket Board, both of which came in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. [4] In his 2 List A matches, he scored 13 runs at a batting average of 6.50, with a high score of 13. [5]
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the number of overs in an innings per team ranges from forty to sixty, as well as some international matches involving nations who have not achieved official ODI status. Together with first-class and Twenty20 cricket, List A is one of the three major forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Scotland national cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh, and also some other venues.
The Middlesex Cricket Board was formed in 1996. It is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Middlesex.