Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931)

English Test and County cricketer

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1931

Place of Birth: Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Michael Parks (born 21 October 1931, in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England) is an English former cricketer.
He played in forty six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968.
In those Test, Parks scored 1,962 runs with a personal best of 108 not out, and took 103 catches and made 11 stumpings. The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, commented "Parks was a gifted batsman and a most effective wicketkeeper".
Bateman added "although he never suggested he was in the same class as Godfrey Evans before him or Alan Knott after, Parks had safe hands and was a good stopper".