Ian Payne (English cricketer)

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

Ian Payne
Personal information
Full nameIan Roger Payne
Born (1958-05-09) 9 May 1958
Kennington, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1977–1984Surrey
1985–1986Gloucestershire
1994–1997Shropshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
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

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
  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. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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