Craig Wilkinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Craig Wilkinson

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1963

Place of Birth: Wardle, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Craig William Wilkinson (born 19 March 1963) is a former English cricketer.
Wilkinson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
He was born at Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire. Wilkinson made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Nottinghamshire in the 1991 County Championship at Trent Bridge.
He made thirteen further first-class appearances for the county in that season, the last of which came against Kent.
In his fourteen first-class matches, he took 23 wickets at an average of 43.86, with best figures of 4/59.
With the bat he scored 138 runs at an average of 12.54, with a high score of 41.
In that same season he made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the Refuge Assurance League at Grace Road.
He made seventeen further List A appearances in that season, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the same tournament.
He took 16 wickets in his eighteen List A matches, at an average of 39.31 and with best figures of 3/16.
He scored 80 runs with the bat, with a high score of 35 not out.
This was the only season in which he played for Leicestershire, with Wilkinson later appearing in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Oxfordshire against Berkshire in 1995.