Jack Bannister

Jack Bannister
Personal information
Full name
John David Bannister
Born(1930-08-23)23 August 1930
Wolverhampton, England
Died23 January 2016(2016-01-23) (aged 85)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950–1969Warwickshire
FC debut26 August 1950 Warwickshire v Glamorgan
Last FC31 August 1968 Warwickshire v Leicestershire
LA debut22 May 1963 Warwickshire v Northants
Last LA6 July 1969 Warwickshire v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 374 20
Runs scored 3,142 12
Batting average 9.43 4.00
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 71 4
Balls bowled 68,633 1,148
Wickets 1,198 25
Bowling average 21.91 22.44
5 wickets in innings 53 0
10 wickets in match 6 0
Best bowling 10/41 3/14
Catches/stumpings 167 3/0
Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2012

John David Bannister (23 August 1930 – 23 January 2016) was an English cricket commentator and former first-class cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He was, for many years, a BBC television cricket commentator and later the Talksport radio cricket correspondent.