Steve Atkinson (cricketer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steve Atkinson
Hong Kong
Personal information
Full name Stephen Robert Atkinson
Born 8 December 1952 (1952-12-08) (age 55)
Birtley, Durham, England
Role Batsman
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Not known
Domestic team information
Years Team
1985-1989 Minor Counties
1978 Minor Counties East
1974 Minor Counties North
1973-1985 Durham
Career statistics
First-class List A ICC Trophy
Matches 1 23 16
Runs scored 63 453 618
Batting average 63.00 19.69 47.53
100s/50s 0/1 0/2 2/3
Top score 63 84 162
Balls bowled 0 0 6
Wickets - - 0
Bowling average - - -
5 wickets in innings - - 0
10 wickets in match - n/a n/a
Best bowling - - 0/37
Catches/stumpings 1/0 7/0 9/0

As of 21 October 2007
Source: Cricket Archive

Stephen Robert "Steve" Atkinson (born 8 December 1952 in Durham, England)[1] is an English-born cricketer who has represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international competition.[2]

A right-handed batsman,[2] he also played minor counties cricket for Durham and played for the second XIs of first-class counties Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.[3]

[edit] Career

After making his debut for Durham in 1972,[3] he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the first round of the Gillette Cup, playing the following month against Essex in the same competition. He played in the Benson & Hedges Cup for a Minor Counties North team in 1974, in addition to two matches for Durham in the Gillette Cup.[4]

He next played List A cricket for Durham in the 1977 Gillette Cup against Northamptonshire, and played for Minor Counties North in the following years Benson & Hedges Cup, also playing for Durham in the Gillette Cup the same year, and the subsequent three years.[4]

He played his final List A match for Durham against Kent in 1985, and all his subsequent List A matches were for a combined Minor Counties team.[4] Also in 1985, he played his only first-class match, for a combined Minor Counties team against Zimbabwe.[5] The following year, he play for the Netherlands in the 1986 ICC Trophy[6] and scored 162 against Israel, the second highest score for the Netherlands in ICC Trophy competition[7] and the fourth highest overall.[8]

He continued to play for Durham for the next three years,[3] though he eventually settled in Hong Kong, where his son (who has played cricket for Hong Kong) was born in 1990.[9] He played for Hong Kong at the 1994 ICC Trophy.[6] He now is the selector for Hong Kong's junior teams.[10]

[edit] References