Grant Gardiner

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Grant Gardiner
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Born (1965-02-26) 26 February 1965 (age 54)
Melbourne, Australia
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YearsTeam
1994-1998 Victoria
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2015

Grant Gardiner (born 26 February 1965) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 20 first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1994 and 1998. [1] He was the first batsman reach one thousand runs in a season in Victorian District Cricket since its inception in 1906/07. [2]

Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

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.

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.

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  1. ↑ "Grant Gardiner". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Premier Cricket". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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