Batting style Right-handed Name Richard Ashton 1988 Lincolnshire | 1991 Bedfordshire Bowling style Right-arm medium | |
Full name Richard Lawrence Ashton Born 26 September 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-09-26 ) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 1999-2000 Northamptonshire Cricket Board | ||
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Richard Lawrence Ashton (born 26 September 1963) is an English cricketer. Ashton is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Northampton, Northamptonshire.
Pack made his debut in County Cricket for Lincolnshire by playing a single Minor Counties Championship match for them against Durham in 1988.
In 1991, he joined Bedfordshire, where during that season he played 3 Minor Counties Championship matches against Northumberland, Cumberland and Suffolk. In his only season with the county, he also played a single List A match against Worcestershire in the 1991 NatWest Trophy.
Eight years later he represented the Northamptonshire Cricket Board, playing 2 List A matches for the Board against Wiltshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy and Northumberland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his career total of 3 List A matches, he scored 8 runs at a batting average of 4.00, with a high score of 5*. In the field he took 2 catches, while with the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 98.00, with best figures of 1/30.
He currently plays club cricket for Northampton Saints Cricket Club in the Northamptonshire Cricket League.