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| Full name | Mark Vincent Steele | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1976 Corby, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | David Steele (father) Arran Steele (brother) John Steele (uncle) | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Mark Vincent Steele (born 13 November 1976) is an English former cricketer. Steele was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Corby, 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.
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.
Corby is a town and borough in the county of Northamptonshire, England.
Steele made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire. Steele played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire only in 1998, which included 10 Minor Counties Championship matches [1] and 2 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. [2] In 1998, he made his only List A appearance against Leicestershire in the NatWest Trophy. [3] In this match, he took 2 wickets for 43 runs from 10 overs. With the bat he was dismissed for 25 by Dominic Williamson. [4]
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.
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.
His father, David Steele, played Test cricket for England. His brother, Arran, himself played a single List A match, appearing for the Northamptonshire Cricket Board in 1999. His uncle, John Steele, played first-class cricket for a number of teams.
David Stanley Steele is an English former international cricketer. Tony Greig picked him for England in 1975, when he was close to retirement from county cricket for Northamptonshire.
Test cricket is the form of the sport of cricket with the longest duration, and is considered the game's highest standard. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined and conferred by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The term Test stems from the fact of the form's long, gruelling matches being both mentally and physically testing. Two teams of 11 players each play a four-innings match, which may last up to five days. It is generally considered the most complete examination of a team's endurance and ability.
The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end of 1996. England, as a founding nation, is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Until the 1990s, Scottish and Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right.