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Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its 50 overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears and its T20 team the Birmingham Bears. Founded in 1882, the club held 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 and One-Day International matches.
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in English cricket. The club has held first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, although the team also play matches at other grounds around the county. Lancashire was a founder member of the County Championship in 1890 and have won the competition nine times, most recently in 2011. The club's limited overs team is called Lancashire Lightning.
Thomas Christopher Smith is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He had also been a member of the England Academy team. In 2008, he played for Leicestershire on loan because he was unable to break into Lancashire's first team. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting left-handed. At the start of the 2009 season, Smith was promoted to open the batting, having previously batted in the lower order, and secured his place there. In 2011, the year Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950, Smith became the first Lancashire player to score a century and take four wickets in the same one-day match. In 2011/12 Smith played for the Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe as an overseas player in the domestic twenty20 competition.
Neil Michael Kendrick is a former English cricketer. Kendrick was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Bromley, Kent.
Jonathan Patrick Wright is an English cricketer. Wright is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Mark Christopher Lomas is an English cricketer. Lomas is a right-handed batsman. He was born at Blackburn, Lancashire.
Neil Jon Pullen is an English cricketer. Pullen is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who occasionally plays as a wicketkeeper. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Mark Andrew Crawley is a former English cricketer. Crawley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.
Richard Terry Bates is a former English cricketer. Bates was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
David Halliwell is a former English cricketer. Halliwell was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Leyland, Lancashire.
Sean Graham Joyner is a former English cricketer. Joyner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Brendan Joseph McArdle is a former Australia first-class cricketer. McArdle played as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria.
Reuben Herbert is a South African born former English cricketer. Herbert was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Cape Town, Cape Province.
Stephen George Plumb is a former English cricketer. Plumb was a right-handed batsman who bowled both right-arm off break and right-arm medium pace. He was born in Wimbish, Essex.
Ian Cockbain is a former English cricketer. Cockbain was a right handed batsman who bowled slow left arm orthodox. He was born in Bootle, Lancashire.
Robert Entwistle was an English cricketer. Entwistle was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire.
Andrew Richard Roberts is a former English cricketer. Roberts was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire and is the brother of cricketer Timothy Roberts.
Jonathan David Robinson is a former English cricketer. Robinson was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Epsom, Surrey.
James Frederick Sykes is a former English cricketer. Sykes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Shoreditch, London and educated at Bow Comprehensive.
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