Christopher Stephen Pickles (born 30 January 1966, Mirfield

Mirfield

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, Yorkshire

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, England

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) is an English

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 first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1985 and 1992.

In fifty eight first-class matches, Pickles scored 1,336 runs at 24.29, with a highest score of 66 against Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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. He scored seven fifties in all, and took 24 catches. He took 83 first-class wickets with his right arm medium pace, at 43.83, with a best of 4 for 40 against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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, his only first-class four wicket haul.

In seventy one one day matches he took 63 wickets at 47.88, with a best analysis of 4 for 36 against Somerset. He scored 375 runs with a best score of 37 not out against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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He also played for Northamptonshire Under-25s from 1982 to 1983, Yorkshire Under-25s from 1984 to 1987 and for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1984 to 1992.