Craig Park
South African cricketer
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Craig Mitchell Park (born 1 March 1986) is a South African former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Craig Mitchell Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1986 Empangeni, Natal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Garry Park (brother) Sean Park (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | Cambridge MCCU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Cambridgeshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Unicorns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 February 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Park was born in South Africa at Empangeni, where he was educated at Grantleigh School.[1] After completing his education at Grantleigh, he travelled to England to attend Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. While studying at Anglia Ruskin, Park made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge MCCU against Surrey at Fenner's in 2010.[2][notes 1] He played first-class cricket for Cambridge MCCU until 2012, making eight appearances.[2] Park scored a total of 360 runs at an average of 36.00 across his eight matches, with a high score of 81.[3] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling, Park took 2 wickets from 64 overs bowled.[4]
In 2011, Park was called up to the Unicorns squad for the Clydesdale Bank 40, making his List A one-day debut in the tournament against Glamorgan at Cardiff.[5] He made six further List A appearance for the Unicorns during the tournament.[5] He scored 72 runs across his seven one-day matches, with a high score of 38.[6] He also made his debut in minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 2011, making four appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy between 2011–2016,[7] alongside four appearances in the minor counties 20-over competition in 2015.[8]
He is currently employed by the Marylebone Cricket Club as a youth cricket administrator. His brothers, Garry and Sean have also played cricket at first-class and List A level.