Jack Birkenshaw

Jack Birkenshaw
Personal information
Full name
Jack Birkenshaw
Born (1940-11-13) 13 November 1940 (age 84)
Rothwell, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
International information
National side
Test debut25 January 1973 v India
Last Test5 April 1974 v West Indies
Umpiring information
Tests umpired2 (1986–1988)
ODIs umpired6 (1983–1988)
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class LA
Matches 5 490 163
Runs scored 148 12,780 1,831
Batting average 21.14 23.57 17.95
100s/50s 0/1 4/53 1/6
Top score 64 131 101*
Balls bowled 1,017 69,171 3,046
Wickets 13 1,073 82
Bowling average 36.07 27.28 25.70
5 wickets in innings 1 44 1
10 wickets in match 0 4 0
Best bowling 5/57 8/94 5/20
Catches/stumpings 3/– 316/– 56/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2019

Jack Birkenshaw, MBE (born 13 November 1940)[1] is a former English cricketer, who later stood as an umpire and worked as a coach. Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated, "Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer: a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile, a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog, a dependable fielder and great competitor."[1]

  1. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 21. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.