Nigel Thompson
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Full name | Nigel Ernest Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Derry, Northern Ireland | 25 June 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Stuart Thompson (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1988–1991 | Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2018 |
Nigel Ernest Thompson (born 25 June 1964) is a former Irish first-class cricketer.
Thompson was born at Derry and educated at Limavady High School.[1] Playing club cricket for several club teams in the North West,[1] Thompson made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Dumfries in 1988.[2] Thompson made two further appearances in first-class cricket for Ireland, both against Scotland in 1989 and 1991.[2] He scored 79 runs in these matches and took 3 wickets.[3][4] Thompson also played one-day List A cricket for Ireland on two occasions, the first occasion came in the 1989 NatWest Trophy against Derbyshire at Derby, while the second came against Middlesex in the 1991 NatWest Trophy at Dublin.[5] He scored 26 runs in these two matches and took 2 wickets.[6][7] Outside of cricket, he works as a manufacturing operator for DuPont.[1] He is the father of the Ireland Test cricketer Stuart Thompson,[1] who featured in Ireland's first ever Test match against Pakistan in 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Nigel Ernest Thompson". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Nigel Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nigel Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Nigel Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Nigel Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nigel Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Nigel Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2018.