1982 English cricket season
Encyclopedia
The 1982 English cricket season saw the welcome return to top class cricket of the leg spinner's art as Abdul Qadir
proved the most entertaining player of an otherwise disappointing season.
Abdul Qadir (cricketer)
Abdul Qadir Khan is a former Pakistani international cricketer, later commentator and was recently the Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Board. He resigned from the post because of his differences with the top brass of Pakistan cricket board...
proved the most entertaining player of an otherwise disappointing season.
Honours
- County Championship - Middlesex
- NatWest Trophy - Surrey
- Sunday League - Sussex
- Benson & Hedges Cup -
- Minor Counties Championship - OxfordshireOxfordshire County Cricket ClubOxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
- Second XI Championship - Worcestershire II
- Wisden - Imran KhanImran KhanImran Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics...
, Trevor JestyTrevor JestyTrevor Edward Jesty was a cricketer. He played 10 One Day Internationals for England but no Tests. He played 490 first-class matches from 1966 to 1991....
, Alvin KallicharranAlvin KallicharranAlvin Isaac Kallicharran is a former West Indian batsman of Indo-Guyanese ethnicity who played from 1972 to 1981. His elegant, watchful batting style produced some substantial innings for a West Indian team very much in its formative years in the seventies...
, Kapil DevKapil DevKapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...
, Malcolm MarshallMalcolm MarshallBy 1984 Marshall was seen as one of the finest bowlers in the world, and he demoralised England that summer, especially at Headingley, where he ran through the order in the second innings to finish with 7-53, despite having broken his thumb whilst fielding in the first innings...
Zimbabwe tour
The Zimbabwe team made its inaugural tour of England in 1982 and played two first-class matches, both of which were drawn.External sources
Annual reviews
- Playfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
1983 - Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1983