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Stephen Robert "Steve" Atkinson (born 8 December 1952)〔(Cricinfo profile )〕 is an English-born cricketer who has represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international competition.〔(Cricket Archive profile )〕 A right-handed batsman,〔 he also played minor counties cricket for Durham and played for the second XIs of first-class counties Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.〔(Teams played for by Steve Atkinson ) at CricketArchive〕 ==Career== Atkinson was bor in Birtley, near Gateshead, County Durham, England. After making his debut for Durham in 1972,〔 he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the first round of the Gillette Cup, playing the following month against Essex in the same competition. He played in the Benson & Hedges Cup for a Minor Counties North team in 1974, in addition to two matches for Durham in the Gillette Cup.〔(List A matches played by Steve Atkinson ) at CricketArchive〕 He next played List A cricket for Durham in the 1977 Gillette Cup against Northamptonshire, and played for Minor Counties North in the following years Benson & Hedges Cup, also playing for Durham in the Gillette Cup the same year, and the subsequent three years.〔 He played his final List A match for Durham against Kent in 1985, and all his subsequent List A matches were for a combined Minor Counties team.〔 Also in 1985, he played his only first-class match, for a combined Minor Counties team against Zimbabwe.〔(First-class matches played by Steve Atkinson ) at CricketArchive〕 The following year, he played for the Netherlands in the 1986 ICC Trophy〔(ICC Trophy matches played by Steve Atkinson ) at CricketArchive〕 and scored 162 against Israel, the second highest score for the Netherlands in ICC Trophy competition〔(Centuries for the Netherlands in the ICC Trophy ) at CricketArchive〕 and the fourth highest overall.〔(Centuries in the ICC Trophy ) at CricketArchive〕 He continued to play for Durham for the next three years,〔 though he eventually settled in Hong Kong, where his son James (who has played cricket for Hong Kong) was born in 1990.〔(Jamie Atkinson ) at CricketArchive〕 He played for Hong Kong at the 1994 ICC Trophy.〔 He now is the selector for Hong Kong's junior teams.〔(HKCA announces new selection panel ), 25 August 2007 at Cricinfo〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Atkinson (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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