Gary Edward Loveday (born 15 April 1964) is a former English cricketer. Loveday was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Eton Wick, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire).
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| Full name | Gary Edward Loveday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1964 Eton Wick, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1985-2000 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loveday made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Berkshire in 1985 against Shropshire. From 1985 to 2000, he represented the county in 134 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came in the 2000 Championship when Berkshire played Oxfordshire at Sonning Lane in Reading.[1] Loveday also played in the MCCA Knockout Trophy for Berkshire. His debut in that competition came in 1987 when Berkshire played Oxfordshire. From 1987 to 2000, he represented the county in 29 Trophy matches, the last of which came when Berkshire played Herefordshire in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy.[2]
Additionally, he also played List-A matches for Berkshire. His List-A debut for the county came against Yorkshire in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. From 1988 to 2000, he represented the county in 13 List-A matches, with his final List-A match coming in the 2000 NatWest Trophy when Berkshire played Durham.[3] In his 13 matches, he scored 249 runs at a batting average of 19.15, with a single half century score of 56.[4] Loveday was the Berkshire captain from 1996 until his retirement in 2000.
In February 2020, he was named in England's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[5][6] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[7]
References
edit- ^ Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Gary Loveday
- ^ Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Gary Loveday
- ^ List-A Matches played by Gary Loveday
- ^ List-A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gary Loveday
- ^ "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - England Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
External links
edit- Gary Loveday at Cricinfo
- Gary Loveday at CricketArchive