Full name Edward Thomas Milburn 1987 Warwickshire Batting style Right-handed Name Edward Milburn | Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Cricket Player 1990–1991 Gloucestershire | |
Born 15 September 1967 (age 56) ( 1967-09-15 ) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England | ||
Edward Thomas Milburn (born 15 September 1967) is a former English cricketer. Milburn was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Milburn made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Hampshire in the 1987 County Championship. He made 2 further first-class appearances in 1987 for Warwickshire, against Somerset and Sussex. In his 3 first-class matches for the county, he scored 37 runs at an average of 18.50, with a highest score of 24. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 64.00, with a best analysis of 1/26. He left Warwickshire at the end of the 1989 season.
He later joined Gloucestershire, making his first-class debut for against the touring Indians in 1990. He made 2 further first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, against Hampshire in the 1990 County Championship and Oxford University in 1991. In his 3 matches, Milburn scored 49 runs at an average of 24.50, with a highest score of 35. With the ball, he took 3 wickets at an average of 59.66, with best figures of 3/43. He made his List A debut for Gloucestershire in the 1990 Refuge Assurance League against Glamorgan. He made 9 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1991 Refuge Assurance League. In his 10 matches, he scored 43 runs at an average of 14.33, with a highest score of 21, while with the ball he took 4 wickets at an average of 46.50, with best figures of 2/34. Unable to perform consistently at the highest domestic level, Milburn was released by Gloucestershire at the end of the 1991 season.