Phil Neale, Date of Birth

    

Phil Neale

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1954

Profession: association football player, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Phil Neale

  • Phillip Anthony Neale OBE (born 5 June 1954 in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire) is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire and captained the team to success in the County Championship in 1988 and 1989.
  • He also played football for Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United, Worcester City and Gloucester City.
  • In May 1985 he was to witness a nightmare when 56 spectators were killed in a horrendous stand fire while playing for Lincoln against Bradford City.
  • Since 2000 he has been working as Operations Manager for the England cricket team.Phil Neale was a right-handed middle order batsman who scored more than 900 runs in his first full season of first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1976, and was then a fixture in the side for the next 15 seasons, scoring 1,000 runs in a season eight times and exceeding 900 in five others.
  • His sole representative appearance was for England A against Pakistan when they toured England.
  • But from 1982, he was county captain, and Worcestershire achieved considerable success under his leadership in the late 1980s.
  • The county won the Sunday League in 1987 and 1988 and the County Championship in 1988 and 1989. Neale's captaincy and contacts were a factor in attracting big name cricketers to Worcester.
  • He played soccer professionally at Scunthorpe United with the England all-rounder Ian Botham, and when Botham fell out with Somerset, he joined Worcestershire.
  • Botham was followed by a fellow England player, the fast bowler Graham Dilley, and Worcestershire also took on the Zimbabwean Graeme Hick, who later qualified for England.
  • Neale's success in drawing team performances from a side not lacking in personalities won him nomination as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1989. Following his retirement in 1992 he has been prominent as a coach and team manager at both county and national levels.
  • In all matches, he scored more than 17,000 runs at an average of almost 36.5 runs per innings.

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