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Gareth Cross

England

Full name Gareth David Cross

Born June 20, 1984, Bury, Lancashire

Current age 27 years 235 days

Major teams Lancashire, Lancashire Cricket Board

Nickname Crossy

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Height 5 ft 9 in

Education Moorside High School; Eccles College

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	32	51	2	1210	125	24.69	1932	62.62	2	6			87	18
List A	53	43	5	834	76	21.94			0	3			32	15
Twenty20	68	51	10	653	65*	15.92	509	128.29	0	2	52	25	42	20

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
List A	53		36	26	2	2/26	2/26	13.00	4.33	18.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	68	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	2005
Last First-class	Somerset v Lancashire at Taunton, Sep 12-15, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	2003
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Aug 29, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Derbyshire v Lancashire at Derby, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Lancashire v Leicestershire at Birmingham, Aug 27, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2c/0s, 20, 2c/1s	Lancashire	v Somerset	Taunton	12 Sep 2011	First-class
34, 1c/0s, 1c/1s	Lancashire	v Hampshire	Liverpool	7 Sep 2011	First-class
0, 1c/0s, 0, 0c/0s	Lancashire	v Worcs	Worcester	31 Aug 2011	First-class
5, 1c/0s	Lancashire	v Notts	Nottingham	29 Aug 2011	List A
1c/2s, 12*	Lancashire	v Leics	Birmingham	27 Aug 2011	Twenty20
39, 1c/0s, 9, 0c/1s	Lancashire	v Worcs	Blackpool	17 Aug 2011	First-class
58*, 0c/1s	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	14 Aug 2011	List A
13, 2c/1s	Lancashire	v Sussex	Hove	8 Aug 2011	Twenty20
2c/0s, 66*	Lancashire	v Gloucs	Manchester	5 Aug 2011	List A
0, 1c/0s, 15, 0c/0s	Lancashire	v Warwickshire	Liverpool	1 Aug 2011	First-class

Profile

Gareth Cross made the transition from second-team wicketkeeper to first-team when Warren Hegg was injured towards the end of the 2005 season. He immediately showed promise with tidy glove work and it wasn't long before his sparky batting was also on show. However, Lancashire didn't feel he was ready for full-time promotion and instead brought in Luke Sutton to fill the number one spot. Cross struggled to hide his frustration at a lack of opportunity, especially in the four-day team, but was often preferred to Sutton in one-day cricket where his hard-hitting batting found him a place in the top order. Rumours persisted that he was considering a move elsewhere, but committed his future to Lancashire and with Sutton leaving in 2010 his big chance had arrived.
Andrew McGlashan