Steve Atkinson (cricketer)
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| Full name | Stephen Robert Atkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1952 Birtley, County Durham, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Not known | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1985–1989 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Minor Counties East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Minor Counties North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1985 | Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 21 October 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen Robert "Steve" Atkinson (born 8 December 1952)[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]
Career
Atkinson was bor in Birtley, near Gateshead, County Durham, England. 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 played 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 James (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]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cricket Archive profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Teams played for by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 List A matches played by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ↑ First-class matches played by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ICC Trophy matches played by Steve Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ↑ Centuries for the Netherlands in the ICC Trophy at CricketArchive
- ↑ Centuries in the ICC Trophy at CricketArchive
- ↑ Jamie Atkinson at CricketArchive
- ↑ HKCA announces new selection panel, 25 August 2007 at Cricinfo
