Jim Love (cricketer)

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Jim Love
Personal information
Full name
James Derek Love
Born (1955-04-22) 22 April 1955 (age 69)
Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  60)4 June 1981 v  Australia
Last ODI8 June 1981 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches3250238
Runs scored6110,3554,962
Batting average 20.3331.0926.67
100s/50s0/013/564/24
Top score43170*118*
Balls bowled1,413204
Wickets 125
Bowling average 69.5828.00
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling2/02/17
Catches/stumpings 1/125/47/
Source: CricInfo, 6 July 2011

James Derek Love (born 22 April 1955) [1] is a former English first-class cricketer, who played in three One Day Internationals for England in 1981. He played in 247 first-class cricket matches for Yorkshire from 1975 to 1989, [1] as well as representing the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Lincolnshire, the Minor Counties and Scotland.

Life and career

Love was tipped for stardom but like the player he most resembled, John Hampshire his Yorkshire teammate, he never quite fulfilled his potential on the national stage. [2] A tall, fair haired middle order batsman, he was particularly strong on the front foot, and a powerful driver of the ball. He played for Yorkshire between 1975 and 1989, [1] and twice passed a thousand runs for a first-class season. He averaged 31.09 in 250 matches, in which he scored 10,355 runs with a best of 170 not out. Love scored 13 first-class centuries. He developed a reputation in the one day arena, where he averaged 26.67 with 4,962 runs in 238 games, with a best of 118 not out.

He played three ODIs for England against Australia in 1981, without doing enough to secure a permanent spot. Love's brightest hour was winning the Gold Award, in the 1987 Benson & Hedges Cup final versus Northamptonshire, for his unbeaten 75.

Love left Yorkshire at the end of 1989, [1] playing Minor Counties Championship cricket for Lincolnshire, before joining Scotland team as a player and administrator. He eventually became Scotland's director of cricket, but resigned in 2001 to run a pub in Yorkshire. He is now coach at Yorkshire ECB County Premier League side, Scarborough Cricket Club.

Love was installed as President of the Yorkshire Players' Association by the retiring President, Phil Sharpe, at the Association's AGM in March 2011. [1] :42

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 373. ISBN   978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. "Jim Love Profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2024.