Martin Thursfield
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| Full name | Martin John Thursfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 December 1971 South Shields, County Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 11 December 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martin John Thursfield (born 14 December 1971 in South Shields, County Durham) is a former English cricketer. Thursfield was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Thursfield signed for his first club Middlesex in 1990, making his first-class debut against the New Zealanders. Thursfield was released by Middlesex at the end of the 1990 season. In January 1991 Thursfield played a Youth One Day International for England, which was to be his only international match.
Thursfield signed for Hampshire in 1992, making his first-class debut for the county against Oxford University. During this season Thursfield also made his List-A debut against Nottinghamshire. Thursfield would spend five seasons at Hampshire, playing twenty first-class matches and 31 one-day matches for the club. At the end of the 1996 season Thursfield left Hampshire after failing to make an impact at the club in his final seasons.
Thursfield signed a one-year deal for Sussex in 1997. Thursfield played just two first-class and one-day games for Sussex before he was released just three months into his one-year contract. Thursfield returned to his roots in County Durham where he continued to play club cricket.
External links
- Martin Thursfield on Cricinfo
- Martin Thursfield on CricketArchive
- Matches and detailed statistics for Martin Thursfield on CricketArchive