Keith Parsons
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Keith Alan Parsons is an English cricket
er who played first-class for Somerset
between 1992 and 2008. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace
bowler.
Parsons made his first-class
debut in 1992 against the Pakistanis and his Championship debut the next season. He scored 6 first-class centuries including 193 not out
against the West Indians
in 2000 and a Championship best of 153 against Essex
in 2006. His best bowling was 5-13 against Lancashire
in 2000.
Parsons received his county cap in 1999 and had a benefit year in 2004. On 11 August 2008 he retired from first-class cricket having not represented the Somerset first-team during the 2008 season. Parsons retires being only the second person in Somerset history (alongside Ian Botham
) to score 5,000 runs and take 100 wickets in both first-class and List A cricket.
Parsons played Minor County cricket
for Cornwall
in 2009 before being appointed captain of the Unicorns cricket team which will play in the inaugural Clydesdale Bank 40
limited over competition.
He has a twin brother, Kevin
, who played for Somerset in seven one-day games.
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 first-class for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
between 1992 and 2008. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
bowler.
Parsons made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut in 1992 against the Pakistanis and his Championship debut the next season. He scored 6 first-class centuries including 193 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
against the West Indians
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
in 2000 and a Championship best of 153 against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex 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 Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in 2006. His best bowling was 5-13 against 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...
in 2000.
Parsons received his county cap in 1999 and had a benefit year in 2004. On 11 August 2008 he retired from first-class cricket having not represented the Somerset first-team during the 2008 season. Parsons retires being only the second person in Somerset history (alongside Ian Botham
Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy"...
) to score 5,000 runs and take 100 wickets in both first-class and List A cricket.
Parsons played Minor County cricket
Minor counties of English cricket
The Minor Counties are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that are not afforded first-class status. The game is administered by the Minor Counties Cricket Association which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board...
for Cornwall
Cornwall County Cricket Club
Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in 2009 before being appointed captain of the Unicorns cricket team which will play in the inaugural Clydesdale Bank 40
Clydesdale Bank 40
The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...
limited over competition.
He has a twin brother, Kevin
Kevin Parsons (cricketer)
Kevin John Parsons is a former English cricketer who played one-day cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1992 and 2002. He appeared three times for Somerset in List A cricket, and five times for Somerset Cricket Board, for whom he scored his highest total, hitting 65 as captain against...
, who played for Somerset in seven one-day games.