# Neil Cross (cricketer) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neil_Cross_(cricketer) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neil_Cross_(cricketer).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cross_(cricketer) > Source revision: 1158931715 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Neil David Cross | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|9|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Wallasey](/source/Wallasey), [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire), England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [off break](/source/off_break) | family = | role = | club1 = [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1995–2005 | columns = 1 | column1 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches1 = 8 | runs1 = 159 | bat avg1 = 31.80 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 57 | deliveries1 = 258 | wickets1 = 6 | bowl avg1 = 29.16 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/29 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 13 October | year = 2018 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/10883.html Cricinfo }} '''Neil David Cross''' (born 19 September 1972) is a former [English](/source/English_people) minor counties [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Cross was born at [Wallasey](/source/Wallasey) in [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire). He made his debut in [minor counties cricket](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) for [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1995 against [Wales Minor Counties](/source/Wales_Minor_Counties_Cricket_Club) at [Pontarddulais](/source/Pontarddulais_Park) in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7305/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Neil Cross |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-13}} He made his debut in the [Minor Counties Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) in that same season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7305/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Neil Cross |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-13}} Prior to 2006, Cheshire were permitted to take part alongside the eighteen [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) counties in [county cricket](/source/county_cricket)s domestic one-day competition, with the matches carrying [List A status](/source/List_A_cricket). Cross made his debut in List A cricket when Cheshire played [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1998 NatWest Trophy](/source/1998_NatWest_Trophy) at [Chester](/source/Boughton_Hall_Cricket_Club_Ground).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7305/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Neil Cross |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-13}} He would go on to make eight appearances in List A cricket for Cheshire, with his final appearance coming in the [2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy](/source/2004_Cheltenham_%26_Gloucester_Trophy) (although played in August 2003) against [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club). Across his eight matches, he scored 159 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 31.80.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7305/a_Batting_by_Team.html |title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neil Cross |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-13}} His highest score of 57 came against first-class opposition in the form of [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1999 NatWest Trophy](/source/1999_NatWest_Trophy).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/67/67950.html |title=Cheshire v Kent, 1999 NatWest Trophy |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-13}} With his [off break](/source/off_break) bowling, Cross took 6 wickets with best figures of 3/29.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7305/a_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Neil Cross |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-13}} He continued to play minor counties cricket for Cheshire until 2005, making a total of 55 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship and 27 appearances in the Minor Counties Trophy. He now works as an assistant-headteacher at [Chester Catholic High School](/source/Chester_Catholic_High_School).{{cite web|url=http://www.cvtsa.co.uk/school-school-support/specialist-leaders-education-sle|title=Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE)|publisher=Cheshire Vale Teaching School Alliance|accessdate=2018-10-13}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10883.html Neil Cross] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Neil}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Wallasey Category:English cricketers Category:Cheshire cricketers Category:Schoolteachers from Merseyside Category:Cricketers from Merseyside --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Neil Cross (cricketer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cross_(cricketer)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cross_(cricketer)?action=history)). 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