Ian Bishop (English cricketer)

Ian Emlyn Bishop (born 26 August 1977) is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset and Surrey and List A cricket for Devon, Surrey, and the Surrey Cricket Board between 1996 and 2004.[1] He was born in Taunton, Somerset.

Ian Bishop
Personal information
Full name
Ian Emlyn Bishop
Born (1977-08-26) 26 August 1977 (age 47)
Taunton, Somerset, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–1997Somerset
1998–2004Devon
1999–2000Surrey
First-class debut3 July 1996 Somerset v Pakistanis
Last First-class2 May 2000 Surrey v Durham
List A debut24 June 1998 Devon v Yorkshire
Last List A26 May 2004 Devon v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 7 18
Runs scored 25 32
Batting average 4.16 10.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 12 15*
Balls bowled 690 823
Wickets 7 18
Bowling average 53.71 32.77
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/45 4/34
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 9 July 2011

A tail-end batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, Bishop played for Somerset's second eleven from 1995 but made only one first-team appearance, the match against the 1996 Pakistan touring team and he failed to take a wicket in that.[2] Bishop left Somerset after a year in the second team in 1997; in 1998 he played Minor Counties cricket for Devon and made his List A debut in the NatWest Trophy match against Yorkshire, without success.[3] In the second half of the 1998 season, he began playing second-team matches for Surrey and in 1999, after appearing in the Surrey Cricket Board side in the first round of the NatWest Trophy one-day competition, he appeared in several Surrey first-team games in the Sunday League, taking four wickets for 34 runs, his best List A figures, in the game against Durham.[4] He was less successful in a handful of first-class matches for the Surrey first team, with best bowling figures of two wickets for 45 runs in the game against Derbyshire.[5] There were a few further List A and first-class matches for Bishop in 2000 but he did not improve on these figures and after a few second-eleven matches in 2001 he left the Surrey staff. He resumed playing Minor Counties cricket with Devon and that brought further List A appearances between 2002 and 2004.

References

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  1. ^ "Ian Bishop". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Pakistanis". www.cricketarchive.com. 3 July 1996. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Scorecard: Devon v Yorkshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 24 June 1998. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Scorecard: Surrey v Durham". www.cricketarchive.com. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Scorecard: Surrey v Derbyshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 24 August 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2011.