Dominic Cork

Personal information

Full name

Dominic Gerald Cork

Born

7 August 1971 (age 45)
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England

Nickname

Corky, Half-Pint

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Batting style

Right-hand

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

All-rounder

Relations

GTG Cork (son)

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 572)

22 June 1995 v West Indies

Last Test

9 September 2002 v India

ODI debut (cap 118)

24 August 1992 v Pakistan

Last ODI

22 September 2002 v India

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1989–90

Staffordshire

1990–03

Derbyshire (squad no. 1)

2004–08

Lancashire (squad no. 18)

2009–11

Hampshire (squad no. 12)

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	37	32	321	314
Runs scored	864	180	10,114	4,184
Batting average	18.00	10.00	25.03	20.92
100s/50s	–/3	–/–	8/54	–/19
Top score	59	31*	200*	93
Balls bowled	7,678	1,772	54,314	14,675
Wickets	131	41	989	382
Bowling average	29.81	27.43	26.73	27.75
5 wickets in innings	5	–	36	4
10 wickets in match	–	–	5	–
Best bowling	7/43	3/27	9/43	6/21
Catches/stumpings	18/–	6/–	237/–	113/–

Source: Cricinfo, 12 September 2011

Dominic Gerald Cork (born 7 August 1971) is a former English county and international cricketer. Cork was a right-handed lower-order batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium, and was renowned for his swing and seam control.

Making his début in first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1990, he was selected to play for England in 1992, aged 21. He made 69 appearances for England from 1992 to 2002. Cork played for Derbyshire for 13 years, before leaving under controversial circumstances to join Lancashire in 2004. Leaving Lancashire after the 2008 season, Cork joined Hampshire, who he played for from 2009 to 2011, acting as captain for much of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. While at Hampshire he won the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy, and captained the county to victory in the 2010 Friends Provident t20. He was released by Hampshire at the end of the 2011 season, shortly thereafter he announced his retirement on Sky Sports News on 22 September 2011. His popular nickname is "Corky".

Cork was born the youngest of three boys in Newcastle-under-Lyme to Mary and Gerald Cork, both Catholics of West Country origin. His grandfather, Archibald Cork, played non-league football for Port Vale F.C. in the 1910s. His father worked as a financial consultant. He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent, before continuing his education at Newcastle-under-Lyme College.

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