Steve Malone
Encyclopedia
Steven John Malone is a former English
cricketer
. Malone was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium
.
in the 1975 season against Cambridge University
. Malone next represented Essex in 1978 against Cambridge University, which was to be Malone's final first-class match for Essex.
In the 1980 season Malone made his first-class
debut for Hampshire
against Kent
. Also in the 1980 season, Malone made his List-A debut for Hampshire against Surrey
in Group A of the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup
. From 1980 to 1984 Malone represented Hampshire in 46 first-class matches, the last of which came against Gloucestershire
in the 1982 County Championship
. In his 46 first-class matches for the county, Malone scored 178 runs at a batting average
of 6.84, with a high score of 24. In all senses of the matter, Malone was a true tailender. With the ball Malone took 103 wickets at a bowling average
of 33.79, with best figures of 7/55 against Oxford University
in 1982, which was one of Malone's three five wicket hauls. In additional Malone took ten wickets in a match once.
The same season Malone played his final List-A match for Hampshire against Somerset
in the John Player League. In his 65 List-A matches for Hampshire, Malone scored 48 runs at a batting average of 4.80, with a high score of 16. With the ball Malone took 99 wickets at a bowling average of 22.07, with one five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/34.
, making his first-class debut for the Welsh
county against Oxford University. The same season during a match against former club Hampshire, Malone took figures of 5/38. Malone played nine first-class matches for Glamorgan in his only season with the county, where he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 50.30, with best figures of 5/38. In the 1985 season, Malone played just two List-A matches for the county against Lancashire
and Northamptonshire
.
In 1986 Malone joined Durham
, making his only List-A appearance for Durham against Warwickshire
in the 1986 NatWest Trophy. In addition Malone represented Durham in three Minor Counties Championship matches in the 1986 season against Bedfordshire
, Lincolnshire
and Cumberland
.
In the 1986 Benson and Hedges Cup, Malone represented the Minor Counties in three List-A matches for them against Warwickshire and playing his final match for a combined Minor Counties side against Leicestershire
.
In 1987 Malone joined Dorset
, where Malone made a single List-A appearance for the county against former club Hampshire. In additional Malone represented Dorset in two Minor Counties Championship matches against Cheshire
and Shropshire
.
In 1990 Malone joined Wiltshire
, where played a single List-A match for the county in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Surrey. This was Malone's final List-A match. In addition to this, Malone represented Wiltshire in 23 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1990 and 1992. Malone's final Minor Counties match for Wiltshire came in 1992 against Herefordshire
.
In Malone's overall first-class career he scored 182 runs at a batting average of 5.87, with a high score of 23. With the ball Malone took 118 wickets at a bowling average of 35.89, with three five wicket hauls and taking ten wickets in a match once. Malone's best first-class figures were 7/55. In Malone's overall List-A career he scored 63 runs at a batting average of 4.84 and a high score of 16. With the ball, Malone took 106 wickets at a bowling average of 23.57, with one five wicket haul and best figures of 5/34.
in two Youth One Day Internationals between England U-19
and Bangladesh U-19
in 2009. Malone has also stood as an Umpire in two first-class matches as well as two Minor Counties Championship matches.
he also umpired in glamorgan v somerset in th cb40 in 2011
he is well and recently umpired Durham v Sri Lanka A in a tour match in 2011
English people
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cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
. Malone was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
.
Early career
Malone made his debut in county cricket for EssexEssex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in the 1975 season against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. Malone next represented Essex in 1978 against Cambridge University, which was to be Malone's final first-class match for Essex.
In the 1980 season Malone made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
. Also in the 1980 season, Malone made his List-A debut for Hampshire against Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
in Group A of the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup
Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals....
. From 1980 to 1984 Malone represented Hampshire in 46 first-class matches, the last of which came against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in the 1982 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
. In his 46 first-class matches for the county, Malone scored 178 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 6.84, with a high score of 24. In all senses of the matter, Malone was a true tailender. With the ball Malone took 103 wickets at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 33.79, with best figures of 7/55 against Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
in 1982, which was one of Malone's three five wicket hauls. In additional Malone took ten wickets in a match once.
The same season Malone played his final List-A match for Hampshire against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
in the John Player League. In his 65 List-A matches for Hampshire, Malone scored 48 runs at a batting average of 4.80, with a high score of 16. With the ball Malone took 99 wickets at a bowling average of 22.07, with one five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/34.
Moving between counties
After leaving Hampshire, Malone joined GlamorganGlamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
, making his first-class debut for the Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
county against Oxford University. The same season during a match against former club Hampshire, Malone took figures of 5/38. Malone played nine first-class matches for Glamorgan in his only season with the county, where he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 50.30, with best figures of 5/38. In the 1985 season, Malone played just two List-A matches for the county against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
and Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
.
In 1986 Malone joined Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
, making his only List-A appearance for Durham against Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
in the 1986 NatWest Trophy. In addition Malone represented Durham in three Minor Counties Championship matches in the 1986 season against Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire County Cricket Club
Bedfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Bedfordshire and competing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play three-day...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs, which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
and Cumberland
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
In the 1986 Benson and Hedges Cup, Malone represented the Minor Counties in three List-A matches for them against Warwickshire and playing his final match for a combined Minor Counties side against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
.
In 1987 Malone joined Dorset
Dorset County Cricket Club
Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, where Malone made a single List-A appearance for the county against former club Hampshire. In additional Malone represented Dorset in two Minor Counties Championship matches against Cheshire
Cheshire County Cricket Club
Cheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
and Shropshire
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
In 1990 Malone joined Wiltshire
Wiltshire County Cricket Club
Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....
, where played a single List-A match for the county in the 1990 NatWest Trophy against Surrey. This was Malone's final List-A match. In addition to this, Malone represented Wiltshire in 23 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1990 and 1992. Malone's final Minor Counties match for Wiltshire came in 1992 against Herefordshire
Herefordshire County Cricket Club
Herefordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Herefordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
In Malone's overall first-class career he scored 182 runs at a batting average of 5.87, with a high score of 23. With the ball Malone took 118 wickets at a bowling average of 35.89, with three five wicket hauls and taking ten wickets in a match once. Malone's best first-class figures were 7/55. In Malone's overall List-A career he scored 63 runs at a batting average of 4.84 and a high score of 16. With the ball, Malone took 106 wickets at a bowling average of 23.57, with one five wicket haul and best figures of 5/34.
Umpiring career
Malone has stood as an UmpireUmpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
in two Youth One Day Internationals between England U-19
English U-19 cricket team
The English Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1974. Prior to 1991/92 they were known as England Young Cricketers....
and Bangladesh U-19
Bangladeshi U-19 cricket team
The Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 ODI matches since 1997 including competing in the last five World Cups. They have also played eight youth Tests since 2004...
in 2009. Malone has also stood as an Umpire in two first-class matches as well as two Minor Counties Championship matches.
he also umpired in glamorgan v somerset in th cb40 in 2011
he is well and recently umpired Durham v Sri Lanka A in a tour match in 2011
External links
- Steve Malone at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Steve Malone at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Matches and detailed statistics for Steve Malone