Country: | England |
Fullname: | Callum David Fraser-Darling |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1963 |
Birth Place: | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
Club1: | Nottinghamshire |
Year1: | 1984–1988 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 11 |
Runs1: | 242 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.20 |
100S/50S1: | –/1 |
Top Score1: | 61 |
Deliveries1: | 1,356 |
Wickets1: | 17 |
Bowl Avg1: | 51.52 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 5/84 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 16 |
Runs2: | 60 |
Bat Avg2: | 8.57 |
100S/50S2: | –/– |
Top Score2: | 11 |
Deliveries2: | 528 |
Wickets2: | 18 |
Bowl Avg2: | 26.38 |
Fivefor2: | – |
Tenfor2: | – |
Best Bowling2: | 3/23 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– |
Date: | 14 November |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13194.html Cricinfo |
Callum David Fraser-Darling (born 30 September 1963) is a former English cricketer. Fraser-Darling was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
He was the son of the doctor, Alisdair Fraser-Darling, from St Vincent's House in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire.[1] A sister was born on 25 September 1957.[2] He attended Edinburgh Academy.[3] He played cricket and rugby for the Scottish schools teams.[4]
Fraser-Darling made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Cambridge University in 1984. He made ten further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1988.[5] In his eleven first-class matches, he scored 242 runs at an average of 24.20, with a high score of 61.[6] This score was the only time he passed fifty and came against Northamptonshire in 1986.[7] With the ball, he took 17 wickets at a bowling average of 51.52, with best figures of 5/84.[8] These figures were his only five wicket haul and came against Northamptonshire in 1986.[7] He made his List A debut against Middlesex in the 1985 John Player Special League. He made fifteen further List A appearances, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1988 Refuge Assurance League.[9] In his sixteen List A appearances, took 18 wickets at an average of 26.38, with best figures of 3/23.[10] With the bat, he scored just 60 runs at an average of 8.57, with a high score of 11.[11]
He left Nottinghamshire at the end of the 1988 season, soon after he pursued a career as a police officer. He still serves today as a police constable with Nottinghamshire Constabulary.[12] Since 1989 he has represented the British Police cricket team.[13]