Sam Parkinson

Personal information
Full name Samuel David Haslam Parkinson
Born 8 August 1960 (1960-08-08) (age 51)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
1981/82–1987/88 South Australia
1981 Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 36 10
Runs scored 376 13
Batting average 12.12 4.33
100s/50s –/1 –/–
Top score 62 8
Balls bowled 6,451 395
Wickets 102 5
Bowling average 34.04 56.80
5 wickets in innings 4 –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 7/98 2/43
Catches/stumpings 15/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 August 2011

Samuel David Haslam Parkinson (born 8 August 1960) is a former Australian cricketer. Parkinson was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Parkinson played for Buckinghamshire 1981, making his debut for the English county in the Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He made 9 further appearances for Buckinghamshire in that season, the last of which came against Hertfordshire.[1] Returning to Australia, Parkinson made his first-class debut for South Australia against New South Wales in the 1981/82 Sheffield Shield. He went on to make a further 35 first-class appearances for South Australia, the last of which came against Western Australia in the 1987/88 Sheffield Shield.[2] In his 36 first-class appearances for South Australia, he took 102 wickets at an average of 34.04, with best figures of 7/98.[3] These figures, one of four five wicket hauls he took, came against Western Australia in the 1982/83 Sheffield Shield.[4] A lower order batsman, Parkinson scored 376 runs at a batting average of 12/12, with a single fifty score of 62,[5] which came against Tasmania in the 1985/86 Sheffield Shield.[6]

In the same season that he made his first-class debut, he also made his List A debut for South Australia against Victoria in the 1981/82 McDonald's Cup. Seen as a player better suited to the longer format of the game, he made just 9 further List A appearances for Suth Australia, the last of which came against Central Districts during South Australia's tour of New Zealand in 1986/87.[7] He struggled with the ball in the shorter format of the game, taking just 5 wickets at an expensive average of 56.80, with best figures of 2/43.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Sam Parkinson". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11116/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Sam Parkinson". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11116/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Sam Parkinson". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11116/f_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  4. ^ "South Australia v Western Australia, 1982/82 Sheffield Shield". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43287.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Sam Parkinson". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11116/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  6. ^ "Tasmania v South Australia, 1985/86 Sheffield Shield". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46635.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  7. ^ "List A Matches played by Sam Parkinson". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11116/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  8. ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Sam Parkinson". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11116/a_Bowling_by_Team.html. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 

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