Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club
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Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club is an amateur cricket
club in Knowle
, near Solihull
in Warwickshire
. They play their home games at Station Road in Knowle.
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...
club in Knowle
Knowle
Knowle is a large village a few miles southeast of the town of Solihull, UK. Knowle lies within the historic county boundaries of Warwickshire, and since 1974 it has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull within the West Midlands...
, near Solihull
Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...
in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
. They play their home games at Station Road in Knowle.
Roll of Honour
- 1998 Division One 1st XI Runners-Up
- 1998 Division One 2nd XI Runners-Up
- 1999 Division One 2nd XI Champions
- 2000 Division One 1st XI Champions
- 2001 1st XI Challenge Cup Champions
- 2003 Premier Division 2nd XI Runners-Up
- 2005 1st XI Challenge Cup Champions
- 2007 Premier Division 1st XI runners-Up
- 2007 Graham Williamson Trophy Runners-Up
- 2009 Premier Division 1st XI Champions
Leading run scorers (1982-2007)
- Kevin Bray - 9008 runs (243 innings)
- Danny Dalton - 4259 (141)
- Nigel Moore - 3845 (180)
- Tom Jameson - 3227 (140)
- Ian Maddocks - 3055 (149)
Leading wicket takers (1982-2007)
- Kevin Bray - 393 @ 15
- Jamie SpiresJamie SpiresJames 'Jamie' Ashley Stuart Spires is an English cricketer. Spires is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Solihull, Warwickshire....
- 327 @ 21 - Nigel Moore - 314 @ 21
- Tom Jameson - 236 @ 23
- Darren Altree - 208 @ 16
International players
- Allan DonaldAllan DonaldAllan Anthony Donald is a former South African cricketer and one of their most successful pace bowlers.In his prime, he was one of the best fast bowlers ever seen in Test cricket, reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings in 1998 and peaked with a top ICC ranking of 895 points the next year, the...
- Gladstone SmallGladstone SmallGladstone Cleophas Small is an English former cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and fifty three ODIs for England....
- David HempDavid HempDavid Lloyd Hemp is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, he has domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, Tim, who has previously played for Glamorgan's second eleven. He has also played List A and...
- Dougie BrownDougie BrownDouglas Robert Brown is a former Scottish cricketer, currently employed as a coach for Warwickshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder who has represented both England and Scotland at One Day International level...
- Travis FriendTravis FriendTravis John "Chunks" Friend is a former Zimbabwean Test and One Day International cricketer. Friend captained Zimbabwe in four under-19 ODIs and went on to play a full senior ODI for Zimbabwe aged 19. A stress fracture to his back set him back, but he later returned to the Test squad...
- Jan-Berrie BurgerJan-Berrie BurgerAndries Johannes Burger, more often known as Jan-Berry Burger , is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler, who occasionally takes up the position of wicket-keeper.He represented Namibia in the 2003 Cricket World Cup...