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| Full name | Simon James Green | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1970 Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon James Green (born 19 March 1970) is a former English cricketer. Green was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Bloxwich, 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.
Seam bowling is a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.
Bloxwich is a small market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, situated in the north of the borough and forming part of the Staffordshire/West Midlands border.
Green made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Lancashire in 1988 County Championship. He made just four further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1991 County Championship. [1] In his five first-class matches, he scored a total of 168 runs at an average of 24.00, with a highest score of 77 not out. [2] This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Somerset in 1991. [3] His List A debut came in the 1988 Refuge Assurance League against Kent. Green made eight further List A appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1991 Refuge Assurance League. [4] In his nine List A matches, he scored a total of 44 runs at an average of 6.28, with a high score of 25. [5]
First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Warwickshire. Its 50 overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears and its T20 team the Birmingham Bears. Founded in 1882, the club held minor status until it was elevated to first-class in 1894 pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, Warwickshire have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Warwickshire's kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor is Gullivers Sports Travel. The club's home is Edgbaston Cricket Ground in south Birmingham, which regularly hosts Test and One Day International matches.
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire. The club has held first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Greater Manchester, England although the team also play matches at other grounds around the county. Lancashire was a founder member of the County Championship in 1890 and have won the competition nine times, most recently in 2011. The club's limited overs team is called Lancashire Lightning.
