| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Robert Clarke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1967 Kettering, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–2003 | Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
David Robert Clarke (born 26 June 1967) is a former English cricketer. Clarke was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
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.
An off break is the type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.
Kettering is a town in Northamptonshire, England, about 70 miles (113 km) north of London and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Northampton, on the west side of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place of Ketter's people ".
Clarke made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1992 to 2003, which included 37 Minor Counties Championship matches [1] and 29 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. [2] He made his List A debut for Bedfordshire against Warwickshire in the 1994 NatWest Trophy. He played 13 further List A matches for Bedfordshire, the last coming against Cheshire in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2003. [3] In his 14 matches, Dalton scored 514 runs at a batting average of 51.40. He scored 2 half centuries and made a single century, [4] making an unbeaten score of 176 against the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. [5]
Bedfordshire County Cricket Club is one of 20 Minor County clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Bedfordshire.
Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire.
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.
