Stephen Warke

{{short description|Irish cricketer (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = Ireland | fullname = Stephen John Simon Warke | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | nickname = | family = Larry Warke (father) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | club1 = Ireland | year1 = 1981–1996 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 13 | runs1 = 966 | bat avg1 = 43.90 | 100s/50s1 = 2/5 | top score1 = 144* | deliveries1 = 30 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 8/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 22 | runs2 = 440 | bat avg2 = 20.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/4 | top score2 = 82 | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 8/– | date = 1 November | year = 2018 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24269.html Cricinfo }}

'''Stephen John Simon Warke''' (born 11 July 1959), in North Belfast, is an Irish former cricketer and national captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000003/000384.shtml |title=All time Ireland team (4) |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref>

==Cricket career== A right-handed opening batsman, when he retired in 1996 Warke held the national record for most caps, with 114. His 4,275 runs for Ireland was also a record.

Warke was selected to captain Ireland in their maiden ICC Trophy event, in Kenya in 1994, but withdrew due to injury.

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==External links== * {{cricinfo|ref=ireland/content/player/24269.html}} * [https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2/articles/000049/004996.shtml Stephen Warke Profile] * [https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESHISTORY/articles/000006/000646.shtml Stephen Warke Photographic Features]

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