Geoff Cope

England

Full name Geoffrey Alan Cope

Born February 23, 1947, Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire

Current age 73 years 333 days

Major teams England, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire

Nickname Todge

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Education Temple Moor School, Leeds

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	3	0	40	22	13.33	184	21.73	0	1	0	1
ODIs	2	1	1	1	1*	-	1	100.00	0	0	0	0
First-class	246	261	93	2383	78	14.18			5			71
List A	44	24	14	112	18*	11.20			0			9

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	5	864	277	8	3/102	4/91	34.62	1.92	108.0	0	0	0
ODIs	2	2	112	35	2	1/16	1/16	17.50	1.87	56.0	0	0	0
First-class	246		43489	16948	686	8/73		24.70	2.33	63.3		35	6
List A	44		1915	1168	29	3/24	3/24	40.27	3.65	66.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v England at Lahore, Dec 14-19, 1977 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v England at Karachi, Jan 18-23, 1978 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v England at Sialkot, Dec 30, 1977 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v England at Lahore, Jan 13, 1978 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1966 - 1980
List A span	1969 - 1983

Profile

In a long career dogged by difficulties with the fairness of his bowling action, Geoff Cope showed both courage and persistence by re-modeling his delivery twice - after suspension by the authorities in 1972 and 1978 -each time returning to top-class cricket. An offspinner who preferred to push the ball through and a dogged tail-end batsman, question marks over his action meant that his England appearances were limited to one series in Pakistan in 1977-78. He nearly took a hat-trick on debut too: having dismissed Abdul Qadir and Sarfraz Nawaz, he had Iqbal Qasim caught at slip by Mike Brearley. But as Qasim was leaving the crease, Brearley, unsure as to the legitimacy of the catch, recalled him.
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Geoff Cope

England

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