Stephen Warke

{{short description|Irish cricketer (born 1959)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Ireland

| fullname = Stephen John Simon Warke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

| nickname =

| family = Larry Warke (father)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role =

| club1 = Ireland

| year1 = 1981–1996

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 966

| bat avg1 = 43.90

| 100s/50s1 = 2/5

| top score1 = 144*

| deliveries1 = 30

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 22

| runs2 = 440

| bat avg2 = 20.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/4

| top score2 = 82

| deliveries2 = 0

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 8/–

| date = 1 November

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24269.html Cricinfo

}}

Stephen John Simon Warke (born 11 July 1959), in North Belfast, is an Irish former cricketer and national captain.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000003/000384.shtml |title=All time Ireland team (4) |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=26 March 2020}}

Cricket career

A right-handed opening batsman, when he retired in 1996 Warke held the national record for most caps, with 114. His 4,275 runs for Ireland was also a record.

Warke was selected to captain Ireland in their maiden ICC Trophy event, in Kenya in 1994, but withdrew due to injury.

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