Craig Wilkinson

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Craig Wilkinson

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Craig William Wilkinson

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|3|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire,
England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Oxfordshire

| year1 = 1995

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Leicestershire

| year2 = 1991

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 14

| runs1 = 138

| bat avg1 = 12.54

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 41

| deliveries1 = 1,890

| wickets1 = 23

| bowl avg1 = 43.86

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/59

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 18

| runs2 = 80

| bat avg2 = 80.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 35*

| deliveries2 = 818

| wickets2 = 16

| bowl avg2 = 39.31

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 3/16

| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–

| date = 15 February

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22582.html Cricinfo

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}} In his fourteen first-class matches, he took 23 wickets at an average of 43.86, with best figures of 4/59.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}} With the bat he scored 138 runs at an average of 12.54, with a high score of 41.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}} He took 16 wickets in his eighteen List A matches, at an average of 39.31 and with best figures of 3/16.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}} He scored 80 runs with the bat, with a high score of 35 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11365/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Craig Wilkinson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 February 2013}}