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| Full name | Colin Charles Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1957 Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ian Graham (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1991 | Suffolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colin Charles Graham (born 5 August 1957) is a former English cricketer. Graham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
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.
Wendover is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated at the point where the main road across the Chilterns between London and Aylesbury intersects with the once important road along the foot of the Chilterns. The town is some 35 miles (56 km) north west of London and 5 miles (8 km) south east of Aylesbury, and is very popular with commuters working in London.
Graham made his debut for Suffolk in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. Graham played Minor counties cricket infrequently for Suffolk from 1980 to 1991, which included 19 Minor Counties Championship appearances [1] and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. [2] He made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He made 2 further List A appearances, against Worcestershire in the 1984 NatWest Trophy and Lancashire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy. [3] In his 3 List A matches, he took 3 wickets at an average of 42.00 with best figures of 2/36. [4]
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Suffolk.
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Buckinghamshire.
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor 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.
His brother, Ian, also played List A and Minor counties cricket for Suffolk.
Ian Douglas Graham is a former English cricketer. Graham was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Akrotiri, Cyprus.
