Ian Payne (English cricketer)

English cricketer

Ian Payne

Personal information

Full name|

Ian Roger Payne

Born|  (1958-05-09) 9 May 1958 (age 66)
Kennington, London
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1977–1984| Surrey
1985–1986| Gloucestershire
1994–1997| Shropshire
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class | List A

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Matches | 47 | 82
Runs scored | 550 | 605
Batting average | 12.22 | 16.80
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/2
Top score | 43 | 56*
Balls bowled | 3,839 | 2,937
Wickets | 45 | 69
Bowling average | 42.60 | 32.14
5 wickets in innings | 1 | 2
10 wickets in match | 0 | 0
Best bowling | 5/13 | 5/21
Catches/stumpings | 41/– | 17/–

Source: Cricinfo, 16 July 2019

Ian Roger Payne (born 9 May 1958) is a former English cricketer.

Payne was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman. He was educated at Emanuel School and won The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for the leading all-rounder in English schools cricket in 1976, when he scored 1144 runs at an average of 52.00 and took 79 wickets at 8.68.[1]

He played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1977 to 1984 and Gloucestershire in 1985 and 1986, and later played Minor Counties cricket for Shropshire from 1994 to 1997.[2] He won the man of the match award when he took 3 for 20 off 11 overs to help Surrey to a three-run victory in a semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1981.[3]

Payne's best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 13 in Surrey's innings victory over Gloucestershire in 1983.[4] His best List A figures were 5 for 21 against Derbyshire in 1982.[5]

Payne, who has played for Oswestry Cricket Club,[6] is a director, and his wife Jools is the principal, of the Oswestry PR company The Jools Payne Partnership.[7][8]

## References

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1. ^ Wisden 1977, p. 833.
2. ^ "Ian Payne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
3. ^ Wisden 1982, pp. 713–14.
4. ^ "Surrey v Gloucestershire 1983". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
5. ^ "Derbyshire v Surrey 1982". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
6. ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 37\. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
7. ^ "Tragic Ellesmere parents supporting charity drive with cricket donation". Shropshire Star. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
8. ^ "British Institute of Human Rights Visits Oswestry". The Jools Payne Partnership. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

## External links

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* Ian Payne at ESPNcricinfo