Richard Bates (cricketer, born June 1972)
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| Full name | Richard Terry Bates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 June 1972 Stamford, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Nickname | Blaster, Blast, Batesy, Roland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Nottinghamshire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 22 November 2010
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Richard Terry Bates (born 17 June 1972) is a former English cricketer. Bates was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Bates was a junior at Bourne CC and a made his debut in county cricket for Lincolnshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire in 1990. Bates played 2 further Championship matches for the county, against Hertfordshire in 1990 and Cumberland in 2006. He played 3 matches for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy: Twice against Suffolk and once against Devon. Bates made his debut in List A cricket for Lincolnshire in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Gloucestershire.
In 1993, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire against Oxford University. From 1993 to 1999, he represented the county in 33 first-class matches, the last of which came against Northamptonshire. In his 33 first-class matches, he scored 450 runs at an average of 12.50, with a high score of 34, while in the field he took 18 catches. With the ball he took 50 wickets at a bowling average of 50.40, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/88.
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