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Second
XI Cup Final Special
Accrington v Ramsbottom
Saturday August 3rd
Player
Profiles
Accrington
Len Dewhurst (Capt)
Age
41
Right
arm flat spinner and left handed number 11. Bags of experience and has
been there before with the t-shirt.
Stefan
Heins Age
25
Early order right handed batsman who also opens the bowling with his right
arm medium pace. Former Rishton player with much to offer in the future
if he can show the commitment.
Paul
Barratt Age
35
One
of the club's top amateurs of all time who is now content to play second
team cricket. A right handed early order batsman with over 4,000 Lancashire
League runs to his credit. A member of the 1986 Telegraph Cup winning
side which was the club's last major honour.
Paul
is also the only player to score centuries at three levels for Accrington.
Martin Whittle
Age
34
Highly
experienced right handed early order batsman who used to be a well used
left arm seam bowler. Martin has scored nearly 5,000 runs and taken over
300 wickets for Accrington.
Wayne Roberts Age
27
Middle
order right handed batsman who used to open the bowling for Rishton. Doesn't
use his right arm much for bowling these days. Not played regularly this
season but Wayne is coming into form at the right time.
Kamran Khan Age
19
Left
arm medium pace opening bowler and hard hitting lower order batsman when
he gets the chance. Made his debut for the fourth team at the age of 14
and took 16 wickets in his first season, including 5-59.
Graeme Sneddon
Age
14
Highly promising young all rounder. Bats left handed and bowls medium
pace. One to watch for the future, Graeme has made his first team debut
this season.
Abbass
Sadiq Age
19
Right handed early order batsman who can also bowl medium pace. Been with
the club since an early age and has scored a century for the thirds.
Nasser
Hussain Age
18
Early
order right handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. One of the
club's outstanding young players. Has the ability to make a high class
Lancashire League batsman if he can put his mind to the job.
Waheed Hussain Age
Right
handed all rounder who bowls medium pace. Joined the club this season
from Enfield and marked his debut with a half century.
Danny Greenwood Age
24
Right handed all rounder who bowls medium pace and who began his career
with Accrington as a junior. Had spells at Church and more recently at
Read but he always comes home.
Ramsbottom
Julian Marcroft (Capt.) Age 36.
RH Opening batsman, likes to force the pace. With his experience and knowledge
has got the team working for one another.
Chris Wood Age 21.
RH Opening batsman, tentative starter but hard to move once set.
Spencer Woods Age 19.
RH aggressive batsman who loves batting, has the ability to score quickly
- useful occasional seam bowler.
Robert Read Age 18.
RH Batsman and brilliant fielder beginning to show his true potential.
Andrew Holt (Wkt) Age 18.
RH Batsman and excellent runner between the wickets, first year wicket
keeping and gets better with every game.
Bobby Horrocks Age 22.
RH
Batsman and swing bowler, his all round game has added stability to the
team.
Rizwan Shahid Age 23.
Right Arm Fast Medium, our most consistent bowler so far this year, not
seen the best of his batting yet but will turn a few heads when we do!
A new member to the club.
Garfield Moreton Age 30.
Left Arm Spin, a proven operator over the years, his quality and experience
has been a major factor. A match winner.
Steven Eardley Age 23.
Right Arm Fast, Ramsbottom's strike bowler for a number of years, has
rarely let the side down, takes wickets regularly, and is respected throughout
the league.
Mark Howarth Age 19.
Right Arm Medium bowler, is a natural wicket taker, will become a vital
cog in the wheel when he starts to believe in himself.
Ghulam Abbas Age 21.
Right Arm Medium bowler, excellent competitor, not frightened to try new
things. Another new recruit this year.
12th man:
Jamie Cryer Age 16.
RH Batsman, our youngest member has great promise and again is improving
by playing with better players.
Final
preview
Road to the final
2000 Final
After the final
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