Victor Craven

Victor John Craven played first class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 2000 to 2004.

After a promising start he failed to consolidate his place in the team and was released without finding another county contract. A left handed top order batsman and occasional right arm medium pace bowler he played in 33 first class matches, scoring 1206 runs at 24.61 with a top score of 81 not out. He also took 15 wickets at 38.93 with a best of 2 for 18. In 42 list A one day matches he scored 580 runs at 17.05 with an innings of 59 being his best, while he took 21 wickets at just 16.8 with a best of 4 for 22. His most successful innings in 6 Twenty20 games was 44 not out. He was born in Harrogate in 1980 and was a member of Yorkshire's Championship winning squad in 2001.

After his release from Yorkshire he trained with the Durham team but was not offered contract after playing in 6 Durham Second XI games in 2005. He played for Cumberland in the minor county championship in 2005 and 2006.

References

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10908.html Cricinfo Profile]

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10644/10644.html Cricket Archive Statistics]