Bobby_Parks_(cricketer)

Bobby Parks (cricketer)

Bobby Parks (cricketer)

English cricketer

Robert James Parks (born 15 June 1959) is a former English cricketer who played for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He is the grandson of Jim Parks senior and son of Jim Parks junior.[1] A wicketkeeper, Parks kept wicket for England during a Test against New Zealand at Lord's in 1986 as a substitute for Bruce French.[1] He helped Hampshire to win the 1986 John Player Special League and the 1988 Benson & Hedges Cup, and was part of an "English Counties XI" tour of Zimbabwe in 1984–5,[2]

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Parks played for Hampshire between 1980 and 1992.[3] He made 700 wicket-keeping dismissals for the club, setting a club record.[1] In 1993 he played briefly for Kent, making one first-class and one List A match, both at Maidstone in early July.[3][4]

Parks coached the France national cricket team in 1998.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Bobby Parks, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  2. [2]
    "English Counties XI in Zimbabwe: Feb/Mar 1985". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. [3]
    Bobby Parks, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  4. [4]
    Fairall B (1993) Cricket: Champions ground down by Kent, The Independent, 1993-07-02. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
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