Richard Ashton

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Richard Ashton
Personal information
Full nameRichard Lawrence Ashton
Born (1963-09-26) 26 September 1963 (age 57)
Northampton, Northamptonshire
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988 Lincolnshire
1991 Bedfordshire
1999–2000 Northamptonshire Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition LA
Matches3
Runs scored8
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s0/0
Top score5*
Balls bowled100
Wickets 1
Bowling average 98.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/30
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 November 2010

Richard Lawrence Ashton (born 26 September 1963) is an English former cricketer. Ashton is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Northampton, Northamptonshire.

Pack made his debut in County Cricket for Lincolnshire by playing a single Minor Counties Championship match for them against Durham in 1988.

In 1991, he joined Bedfordshire, where during that season he played 3 Minor Counties Championship matches against Northumberland, Cumberland and Suffolk. [1] In his only season with the county, he also played a single List A match against Worcestershire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy.

Eight years later he represented the Northamptonshire Cricket Board, playing 2 List A matches for the Board against Wiltshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Northumberland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. [2] In his career total of 3 List A matches, he scored 8 runs at a batting average of 4.00, with a high score of 5*. In the field he took 2 catches, while with the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 98.00, with best figures of 1/30.

He currently plays club cricket for Northampton Saints Cricket Club in the Northamptonshire Cricket League.

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