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Full name | Martin John Thursfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | South Shields, County Durham, England | 14 December 1971|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1990 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1996 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,11 December 2009 |
Martin John Thursfield (born 14 December 1971) is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket as a medium pace bowler for Hampshire,Middlesex,and Sussex.
Thursfield was born in December 1971 at South Shields,County Durham. A club cricketer for Boldon Cricket Club, [1] he initially had trials with Worcestershire in 1988. [2] In April 1989,he joined the staff at Middlesex, [3] He made his debut in first-class cricket for Middlesex against the touring New Zealanders at Lord's in 1990. He made a further first-class appearance for Middlesex in the 1990 County Championship against Essex at Ilford. [4] Thursfield was deemed enough of a pace bowling prospect to be selected to tour New Zealand with Young England Cricketers in the winter which followed the 1990 season. [5] During the tour,he made a single Youth One Day International appearance against the New Zealand Young Cricketers at Hamilton. [6] Thursfield broke his leg during a match on tour,but only left the field of play after he had insisted on bowling two more deliveries. [5] This injury had the impact of severely stunting his development as a bowler. [5]
He left Middlesex following the 1990 season,joining Hampshire for 1991. [7] He returned to action four months after breaking his leg. [7] With the presence of bowlers such as Malcolm Marshall in the Hampshire side,Thursfield found his first team opportunities limited. [5] His first team debut would not come until 1993,when he played a first-class match against Oxford University. He subsequently made two appearances in the 1993 County Championship, [4] alongside six List A one-day appearances in the 1993 Axa Equity &Law League. [8] The following season he made seven appearances in the County Championship,alongside appearing in first-class matches against Oxford University and the touring South Africans; [4] in first-class matches that season,he took 17 wickets at an average of 30.82, [9] taking his only five wicket haul with figures of 6 for 130 against Middlesex. [10] He made six further one-day appearances in the 1994 Axa Equity &Law League. After the 1994 season,Thursfield found his first-class opportunities limited and was mostly utilised in one-day cricket, [8] before being released by Hampshire following the 1996 season. [11] In twenty first-class matches for Hampshire,he took 33 wickets at an average of 39.42. [12] In 31 one-day matches,he took 23 wickets at an average of 48.91,with best figures of 3 for 31. [13]
Thursfield signed a one-year deal for Sussex for the 1997 season, [11] [14] making two first-class and one-day appearances. [4] [8] He was released by Sussex just three months into his one-year contract,with their chief executive Tony Pigott opining that he felt Thursfield was never going to be a regular in the Sussex side. [14] After the end of his cricket career,Thursfield became a police officer with Durham Constabulary,where he served alongside former cricketer Gary Brown. [15]
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