Country: | England |
Fullname: | Gareth John Maldwyn Edwards |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1976 |
Birth Place: | St Asaph, Flintshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Club1: | Wales Minor Counties |
Year1: | 1998 |
Club2: | Glamorgan |
Year2: | 1997 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | - |
Bat Avg1: | - |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | - |
Deliveries1: | 54 |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 13 May |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12497.html Cricinfo |
Gareth John Maldwyn Edwards (born 13 November 1976) is a former Welsh cricketer. Edwards was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in St Asaph, Flintshire. He studied geography at University College London.[1]
Edwards played a single Youth Test for England Under-19s against Zimbabwe Under-19s on England's tour of Zimbabwe in 1995/96.[2] Having played in the Glamorgan Second XI since 1994, Edwards made his only first-class appearance for Glamorgan against Oxford University in 1997.[3] In this match he did not bat in either Glamorgan innings, while with the ball he bowled 9 wicket-less overs.[4]
In 1998, he made 2 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Wales Minor Counties against Shropshire and Cornwall,[5] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance against Hertfordshire.[6] Following the end of his cricket career, he moved to Manchester where he worked for the BBC as a researcher for A Question of Sport.[1]