Sean Park
Cricketer
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Sean Michael Park (born 24 April 1980) is a South African born English cricketer. Park is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Umtata, Transkei and educated at Eshowe High School, Kwazulu-Natal.
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| Full name | Sean Michael Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1980 Umtata, Transkei, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Craig Park (brother) Garry Park (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Unicorns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–present | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Park made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 2008 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Lincolnshire. In that same season he made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. To date, he has made nine Minor Counties Championship[1] and ten MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[2] In 2010, Park signed for the Unicorns to take part in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40, a team formed of players without current full-time contracts with one of the regular first-class counties.[3] He made his List A debut during the competition against Glamorgan, with Park making seven further appearances in the competition.[4] In his eight appearances for the Unicorns, he scored a total of 62 runs at an average of 10.33, with a high score of 21.[5]
Sean now plays for Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk .
He also plays for England over 40s as vice Captain and was involved in The over 40s World Cup in South Africa in 2024. He continues to support and play in this team.
Park now teaches at The Perse School, Cambridge as their Head Of Cricket.
He is a keen golfer, talented hockey player and loves his rugby.
His brothers, Garry and Craig,have both been cricketers as-well.