Giles Ecclestone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Giles Ecclestone

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1968

Place of Birth: Lambeth, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Giles Ecclestone

  • Giles William Ecclestone (born 17 October 1968) is an English cricketer.
  • Ecclestone is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.
  • He was born in Lambeth, London. Ecclestone made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1989 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk.
  • From 1989 to 1996, he represented the county in 41 Championship matches, following those up 6 years later with his final Championship appearance for Cambridgeshire against Bedfordshire.
  • Ecclestone played in the MCCA Knockout Trophy for Cambridgeshire, making his debut in that competition against Suffolk in 1989.
  • From 1989 to 1997, he played 17 Trophy matches.
  • He followed that up during his second stint with the county by playing 5 more from 2002 to 2004, the last of which came against Cumberland.It was for Cambridgeshire that Ecclestone made his debut in List A cricket against Northamptonshire in the 1992 NatWest Trophy.
  • Following the 1992 season, he played a single List A match in South Africa for Natal Country Districts against Orange Free State.
  • For Cambridgeshire, he played a further 4 List A matches during his first stint with the county, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1997 NatWest Trophy.
  • Ecclestone made his only appearance for a combined Minor Counties team in a List A match against Lancashire in the 1997 Benson and Hedges Cup.In 1999, he made his debut for the Essex Cricket Board against Ireland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.
  • From 1999 to 2001, he represented the Board in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against the Sussex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001.
  • Ecclestone played a further List A match, which came during his second stint with Cambridgeshire when they played the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002.
  • Ecclestone played a total of 13 List A matches, during which he scored 270 runs at a batting average of 20.76, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 92.
  • In the field he took 9 catches, while with the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 39.25, with best figures of 4/43. He currently plays club cricket for Saffron Walden Cricket Club in the East Anglian Premier League.

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