Craig Wilkinson

Craig William Wilkinson (born 19 March 1963) is a former English cricketer. Wilkinson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire.

Wilkinson made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Nottinghamshire in the 1991 County Championship at Trent Bridge. He made thirteen further first-class appearances for the county in that season, the last of which came against Kent.^[1] In his fourteen first-class matches, he took 23 wickets at an average of 43.86, with best figures of 4/59.^[2] With the bat he scored 138 runs at an average of 12.54, with a high score of 41.^[3] In that same season he made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the Refuge Assurance League at Grace Road. He made seventeen further List A appearances in that season, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the same tournament.^[4] He took 16 wickets in his eighteen List A matches, at an average of 39.31 and with best figures of 3/16.^[5] He scored 80 runs with the bat, with a high score of 35 not out.^[6] This was the only season in which he played for Leicestershire, with Wilkinson later appearing in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Oxfordshire against Berkshire in 1995.^[7]