Lindsay Wood
Encyclopedia
Lindsay Woods was an English
cricket
er. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Kent
and Derbyshire
.
Having played with the Kent Second XI team between 1979 and 1986, a seven-year tenure which ended after two showings in the 1986 County Championship, and numerous showings for the Second XI as a tailender, he moved to Derbyshire in time for the 1986 County Championship.
At Derbyshire, he was always to be the tenth man, followed solely by the tenacious defensive backstrokes of the Great Dane, teammate Ole Mortensen
, while maintaining a slightly leakier bowling attack. He did not play first-class cricket again after the 1986 season.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
and Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
.
Having played with the Kent Second XI team between 1979 and 1986, a seven-year tenure which ended after two showings in the 1986 County Championship, and numerous showings for the Second XI as a tailender, he moved to Derbyshire in time for the 1986 County Championship.
At Derbyshire, he was always to be the tenth man, followed solely by the tenacious defensive backstrokes of the Great Dane, teammate Ole Mortensen
Ole Mortensen
Ole Henrik Mortensen is a former Danish cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.88.For Denmark, Mortensen appeared in four ICC Trophy...
, while maintaining a slightly leakier bowling attack. He did not play first-class cricket again after the 1986 season.
External links
- Lindsay Wood at Cricket Archive