Derek Wing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetDerek Wing
cricketer
Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1943
Place of Birth: Wisbech, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Derek Wing
- Derek Charles Wing (born 11 February 1943) is a former English cricketer.
- Wing was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Wing made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire.
- Wing played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1964 to 1986, which included 98 Minor Counties Championship matches and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
- In 1964, he made his List A debut against Essex in the Gillette Cup.
- He played eight further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, the last coming against Yorkshire in 1986.
- In his nine List A matches for the county, Wing took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 23.23, with best figures of 4/40.Wing also played List A cricket on 12 occasions for Minor Counties North, appearing for them in the Benson and Hedges Cup from 1972 to 1975.
- In these 12 matches, he took just 5 wickets at an expensive average of 64.20.
- He also appeared for Minor Counties East on 6 occasions between 1976 and 1977, taking 7 wickets at an average of 28.42 for the team.
- Lastly, Wing made a single List A appearance for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against Glamorgan in the 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- In total, Wing played 28 List A matches.
- In these he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 4.73, with a high score of 12.
- With the ball he took 25 wickets at an average of 33.88, with best figures of 4/40.Wing also appeared in a handful of first-class matches.
- His debut first-class match came for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University in 1967.
- The following year he toured Ireland with the club, playing a single first-class match against Ireland.
- He later played three first-class fixtures for the Minor Counties, two in 1969 against the touring West Indians and New Zealanders, and later in 1976 against the touring West Indians.
- In his 5 first-class matches, he scored 59 runs at an average of 14.75, with a high score of 42.
- With the ball he took 7 wickets at an average of 53.57, with best figures of 3/20.
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