Adam Huckle
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Adam George Huckle is a former Zimbabwe
an cricket
er who played in 8 Tests
and 19 ODIs from 1997 to 1999.
In his second Test in 1997, against New Zealand
, he took 11-255 in the match (6-109 and 5-146). http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63765.html As of 27 April 2006, this remains the only occasion when a Zimbabwean bowler has taken 11 wickets in a Test cricket match. The best figures for a Zimbabwean in a Test innings are held by Paul Strang
. His aggressive appealing in the match led to a fine by referee Sidath Wettimuny for attempting to intimidate the umpire. He was filmed shepherding a dismissed batsman off the field with a well known two-word goodbye. When interrogated by the relevant cricketing body at a subsequent hearing, Huckle explained: "Well, we weren't playing netball".
Since leaving the international cricket scene, Huckle has played for Burwell Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire. He won the player of the year award for 2006.
Adam now runs a plumbing business in Cambridgeshire in the UK, www.plumber-cambridge.co.uk.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
an cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 8 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and 19 ODIs from 1997 to 1999.
In his second Test in 1997, against New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
, he took 11-255 in the match (6-109 and 5-146). http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63765.html As of 27 April 2006, this remains the only occasion when a Zimbabwean bowler has taken 11 wickets in a Test cricket match. The best figures for a Zimbabwean in a Test innings are held by Paul Strang
Paul Strang
Paul Andrew Strang is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player. A leg-spinning all-rounder, he played in 24 Tests and 95 ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1994 and 2001...
. His aggressive appealing in the match led to a fine by referee Sidath Wettimuny for attempting to intimidate the umpire. He was filmed shepherding a dismissed batsman off the field with a well known two-word goodbye. When interrogated by the relevant cricketing body at a subsequent hearing, Huckle explained: "Well, we weren't playing netball".
Since leaving the international cricket scene, Huckle has played for Burwell Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire. He won the player of the year award for 2006.
Adam now runs a plumbing business in Cambridgeshire in the UK, www.plumber-cambridge.co.uk.