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| Full name | Keith Harvey Stride | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1944 Dunstall, Staffordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Minor Counties North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1978 | Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keith Harvey Stride (born 10 January 1944) is a former English cricketer. Stride was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Dunstall, Staffordshire.
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.
Fast bowling is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as fast bowlers, quicks, or pacemen. They can also be referred to as a seam bowler or a 'fast bowler who can swing it' to reflect the predominant characteristic of their deliveries. Strictly speaking, a pure swing bowler does not need to have a high degree of pace, though dedicated medium-pace swing bowlers are rarely seen at Test level these days.
Dunstall is a small village and civil parish in the borough of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It lies between Burton upon Trent and Barton-under-Needwood. The population of the parish at the 2001 census was 215, decreasing to 209 at the 2011 Census.
Stride made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Stride played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1970 to 1978, which included 37 Minor Counties Championship matches. [1] In 1975, he made his debut in List A cricket for Minor Counties North in the Benson & Hedges Cup against Lancashire. It was in that same season that he made his debut in that format for Staffordshire against Leicestershire in the Gillette Cup. He mae 3 further appearances in List A cricket for the county, the last coming against Sussex in the 1978 Gillette Cup. [2] In his 4 List A matches for the county, he took 9 wickets an average of 18.22, with best figures of 3/66. [3]
Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Staffordshire played List A matches occasionally from 1971 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team per se.
Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county cricket clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Norfolk.
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the number of overs in an innings per team ranges from forty to sixty, as well as some international matches involving nations who have not achieved official ODI status. Together with first-class and Twenty20 cricket, List A is one of the three major forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
