Richard Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1982)

Richard Malcolm Wilkinson (born 24 November 1982) is an English cricketer. Wilkinson is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Wilkinson made his first-class debut for Loughborough UCCE against Gloucestershire in 2004. He played four further first-class matches, one in 2004 and three in 2005. His final first-class match came against Worcestershire.^[1] In his five first-class matches, he scored 119 runs at a batting average of 19.83, with a high score of 49.^[2] With the ball he took 5 wickets at an expensive bowling average of 62.50, with best figures of 2/24.^[3] His highest first-class score with the bat came on debut against Gloucestershire, with Wilkinson sharing in a partnership of 78 with Chris Benham, which was the largest partnership in the Loughborough UCCE first-innings.^[4]

In 2010, he played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cheshire against Shropshire.^[5]

References

External links

• Richard Wilkinson at ESPNcricinfo
• Richard Wilkinson at CricketArchive