David Wainwright (Yorkshire cricketer)

David Wainwright

Personal information
Full name	David John Wainwright
Born	21 March 1985 Pontefract, England
Nickname	Wainers
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Left-hand
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–2011	Yorkshire
2012–2015	Derbyshire
2016–present	Shropshire
2016–present	Hampshire
First-class debut	10 September 2004 Yorkshire v Somerset
Last First-class	22 April 2012 Derbyshire v Leicestershire
List A debut	31 July 2005 Yorkshire v Kent
Last List A	22 May 2011 Yorkshire v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 81 77 47 Runs scored 2,270 354 112 Batting average 26.39 19.66 16.00 100s/50s 3/9 –/– –/– Top score 109 41 20* Balls bowled 13,216 2,840 871 Wickets 181 66 37 Bowling average 38.62 35.25 28.62 5 wickets in innings 6 – – 10 wickets in match – n/a n/a Best bowling 6/33 4/11 3/6 Catches/stumpings 28/– 23/– 11/–
Source: , 28 September 2016

David John Wainwright (born 21 March 1985, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire from 2004 to 2011^[1] and Derbyshire from 2012 to 2015. He is a left arm orthodox spin bowler, who has also played for British Universities and Loughborough UCCE.

Life and career

He was educated at Hemsworth High School and Loughborough University, and is now a full-time cricketer. He started playing cricket at Castleford Cricket Club.

Standing 5 ft 9 he flights the ball well and, up to the middle of the 2011 season, had taken 77 wickets (for an average of 35.61 runs) in 33 first class matches. A left-handed bat, 'Wainers' had then scored 1,010 runs, with a best of 104 not out, averaging 34.82.^[2]

He appeared for England as a substitute fielder, during the second Test match against the West Indies, at Headingley in 2007.

In July 2009, Wainwright joined then fellow Yorkshire cricketer, Matthew Hoggard, by signing up with a new sponsor, Woodworm.

In February 2010, Wainwright played for England Lions versus Pakistan A in Dubai. He took three wickets for 26 in the match.

In September 2011, Yorkshire CCC announced that Wainwright had exercised the clause in his contract where he can request to be released, if he is not playing regular first team cricket.^[3] In 2012, Wainwright moved to Derbyshire and took a first-class, career best return of 6 for 33, on his debut for them against Northamptonshire. He was released from his Derbyshire contract in August 2015.^[4]

References

1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
2. "David Wainwright". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
3. "Yorkshire Secure Young Talent". Yorkshireccc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
4. Eklid, Mark (26 August 2015). "Derbyshire CCC: David Wainwright ends his stay with county club". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

External links

• Cricinfo profile