Simon Dennis (cricketer), Date of Birth

    

Simon Dennis (cricketer)

English County cricketer

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1960

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Simon Dennis (cricketer)

  • Simon John Dennis (born 18 October 1960, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who appeared in 104 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Glamorgan County Cricket Club and Orange Free State in South Africa. A left arm fast medium bowler, and right-handed tail end batsman, Dennis was born into a family with strong cricketing credentials.
  • Len Hutton was his uncle, and he is a cousin of fellow first-class cricketers John and Richard Hutton. Dennis took 254 first-class wickets in a career which spanned from 1980 to 1991, at a cost of 33.17 each, with a best performance of 5 for 35.
  • He took 66 wickets in one day games at 51.09, with a best of 3 for 19.
  • He averaged 9.42 with the bat in the first-class game, with one fifty, and 7.27 in one day matches with a best score of 50. He played for England Schools and Young England against Young Australia in 1980, before making his debut for his home county in the same year.
  • He won his Yorkshire cap in 1983, and helped them win the Sunday League title.
  • In 1988, Dennis left to play for Glamorgan for three more seasons, taking the last 60 of his first-class scalps despite increasing injury problems. Dennis played for Orange Free State in 1982/83, and toured North America in 1982 and Argentina in 1990 with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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