Sam Parkinson
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Samuel David Haslam Parkinson (born 8 August 1960) is a former Australian
cricket
er. Parkinson was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium
. He was born in Adelaide
, South Australia
.
Parkinson played for Buckinghamshire
1981, making his debut for the English
county in the Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire
. He made 9 further appearances for Buckinghamshire in that season, the last of which came against Hertfordshire
. Returning to Australia, Parkinson made his first-class
debut for South Australia against New South Wales in the 1981/82 Sheffield Shield. He went on to make a further 35 first-class appearances for South Australia, the last of which came against Western Australia in the 1987/88 Sheffield Shield. In his 36 first-class appearances for South Australia, he took 102 wickets at an average
of 34.04, with best figures of 7/98. These figures, one of four five wicket hauls he took, came against Western Australia in the 1982/83 Sheffield Shield. A lower order batsman, Parkinson scored 376 runs at a batting average
of 12/12, with a single fifty score of 62, which came against Tasmania in the 1985/86 Sheffield Shield.
In the same season that he made his first-class debut, he also made his List A debut for South Australia against Victoria in the 1981/82 McDonald's Cup. Seen as a player better suited to the longer format of the game, he made just 9 further List A appearances for Suth Australia, the last of which came against Central Districts during South Australia's tour of New Zealand
in 1986/87. He struggled with the ball in the shorter format of the game, taking just 5 wickets at an expensive average of 56.80, with best figures of 2/43.
Australian people
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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. Parkinson was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium
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...
. He was born in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
.
Parkinson played for Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...
1981, making his debut for the English
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...
county in the Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He made 9 further appearances for Buckinghamshire in that season, the last of which came against Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. Returning to Australia, Parkinson 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 for South Australia against New South Wales in the 1981/82 Sheffield Shield. He went on to make a further 35 first-class appearances for South Australia, the last of which came against Western Australia in the 1987/88 Sheffield Shield. In his 36 first-class appearances for South Australia, he took 102 wickets at an average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 34.04, with best figures of 7/98. These figures, one of four five wicket hauls he took, came against Western Australia in the 1982/83 Sheffield Shield. A lower order batsman, Parkinson scored 376 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 12/12, with a single fifty score of 62, which came against Tasmania in the 1985/86 Sheffield Shield.
In the same season that he made his first-class debut, he also made his List A debut for South Australia against Victoria in the 1981/82 McDonald's Cup. Seen as a player better suited to the longer format of the game, he made just 9 further List A appearances for Suth Australia, the last of which came against Central Districts during South Australia's tour of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
in 1986/87. He struggled with the ball in the shorter format of the game, taking just 5 wickets at an expensive average of 56.80, with best figures of 2/43.
External links
- Sam Parkinson at ESPNcricinfo
- Sam Parkinson at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...