Marcus Sharp
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Marcus Sharp was an English
cricket
er. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire
. He was born in Oxford
.
Sharp made his debut Second XI Championship appearance while still aged eighteen, against Glamorgan
. He appeared steadily in the competition throughout the following five seasons, between 1988 and 1993. However, his first and only first-class match came for Lancashire
against Oxford University. Sharp failed to get a chance to bat for the team, as they declared 140 runs behind in their first innings before forging to victory thanks to the peripatetic Trevor Jesty
, who scored a century in the second innings.
Sharp played his first NatWest Trophy match for Cumberland in 1994, though it was for the Minor Counties team in the Benson and Hedges Cup which in which he would play most often, making 18 appearances in the competition in total.
As of the 2007 season, Sharp still represents Cumberland in the Minor Counties Championship, a competition in which he has played since 1994, aiding the team to two successive finals in 1999 and 2000, being successful in the former, against Dorset.
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 right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
. He was born in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
.
Sharp made his debut Second XI Championship appearance while still aged eighteen, against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
. He appeared steadily in the competition throughout the following five seasons, between 1988 and 1993. However, his first and only first-class match came for Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
against Oxford University. Sharp failed to get a chance to bat for the team, as they declared 140 runs behind in their first innings before forging to victory thanks to the peripatetic Trevor Jesty
Trevor Jesty
Trevor 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....
, who scored a century in the second innings.
Sharp played his first NatWest Trophy match for Cumberland in 1994, though it was for the Minor Counties team in the Benson and Hedges Cup which in which he would play most often, making 18 appearances in the competition in total.
As of the 2007 season, Sharp still represents Cumberland in the Minor Counties Championship, a competition in which he has played since 1994, aiding the team to two successive finals in 1999 and 2000, being successful in the former, against Dorset.
External links
- Marcus Sharp at Cricket Archive