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Full name | Graham Michael Charlesworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ashow, Warwickshire, England | 15 February 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989/90–1990/91 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989/90–1990/91 | Impalas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993 | Combined Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012– | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,16 March 2016 |
Graham Michael Charlesworth (born 15 February 1965) [1] is an English former first-class cricketer and the coach of Oxford University Cricket Club. [2] Charlesworth has played first-class and List A cricket for Griqualand West,Cambridge University,Impalas,and Combined Universities.
Charlesworth studied for his undergraduate degree at Durham University,where he won a full palatinate for cricket. [3]
Charlesworth made his List A debut in October 1989 in a Nissan Shield match for Griqualand West against Western Transvaal at the Fanie du Toit Sports Complex. Charlesworth bowled 9 overs for 32 runs,and scored 36* in the match. [4] A month later,he made his first-class debut in a 1989/90 Castle Bowl match against Orange Free State B at Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground. He took 1/91 in the first innings,and scored 19 and 43. [5] At the same time,Charlesworth represented Impalas,a team that represented South African minor provinces,in the Benson &Hedges Series of 1989/90 and 1990/91. [1] His highest first-class score was 81 for Griqualand West against Boland in a 1990/91 Castle Bowl match, [6] and he made a single List A century in his career,in a 1990/91 Benson &Hedges Series match for Impalas against Eastern Province. [7] [8] [9] In 1993,Charlesworth made first-class appearances for Cambridge University,and a single List A appearance for the Combined Universities in the 1993 Benson &Hedges Cup. [10] [1]
In 1993/94,Charlesworth captained Vredenburg-Saldanha;the team which included Ashley Giles. [11] In the 1999/2000 season,Charlesworth was coach of the Griqualand West B team. [12] From 2002 to 2009,Charlesworth played for Oxford cricket team,before moving to Abingdon Vale in 2010. [13] Charlesworth joined Abingdon as a player,but also undertook some coaching responsibilities,and in 2012,he was appointed the team's captain. [14] At the same time,Charlesworth worked as the coach of the Oxford University cricket team. [13] [14]
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