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| Full name | Brian Richard Lander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1942 Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | Minor Counties East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Minor Counties North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1986 | Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,7 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Richard Lander (born 9 January 1942) is a former English cricketer. Lander was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Lander was born in Bishop Auckland,County Durham. [1]
Lander made his debut for Durham against Staffordshire in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1963 to 1986,making 90 Minor Counties Championship appearances [2] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance. [3]
He made his List A debut against Oxfordshire in the 1972 Gillette Cup. He made 10 further List A appearances for Durham,the last of which came against Surrey in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. [4] In his 11 List A matches for Durham,he took 14 wickets at an average of 27.71,with best figures of 5/15. [5] These figures,his only five wicket haul in List A cricket,came against Yorkshire in the 1973 Gillette Cup,when he captained Durham to victory by 5 wickets. [6] It was the first time a minor county had beaten one of the 17 senior counties in the Gillette Cup. [7] With the bat,he scored 73 runs at a batting average of 12.16,with a high score of 28. [8] He captained Durham from 1973 to 1979.
He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties North,who he made his debut for against Derbyshire in the 1973 Benson &Hedges Cup. He made two further List A appearances for the team,both in the 1974 Benson &Hedges Cup against Yorkshire and Lancashire, [4] taking just a single wicket in these matches. [5] It was though for Minor Counties East that he made most of his List A appearances for,debuting for the team in the 1976 Benson &Hedges Cup against Nottinghamshire. He made 11 further List A appearances for the team,the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 1978 Benson &Hedges Cup. [4] In his 12 matches for the team,he took 10 wickets at an average of 42.90,with best figures of 3/39. [5]
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