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Geoff Cope

England

Personal Information
Born
Feb 23, 1947 (55 years)
Birth Place
Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
England
An off-spinner who pushed the ball quicker through the air, Geoff Cope played 3 Tests and 2 ODIs for England between 1977-78. He could have had a longer run if not for the doubts over the le...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 3 3 40 184 22 13.33 21.74 0 1 0 0 0 0
ODI 2 1 1 1 1 0 100.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 3 5 648 277 8 34.63 2.56 81.0 3/102 4/91 0 0
ODI 2 2 84 35 2 17.5 2.5 42.0 1/16 1/16 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
Test debut
vs Pakistan, Dec 14 at 1977 at Gaddafi Stadium
Last Test
vs Pakistan, Jan 18 at 1978 at National Stadium
Odi debut
vs Pakistan, Dec 30 at 1977 at Jinnah Stadium
Last Odi
vs Pakistan, Jan 13 at 1978 at Gaddafi Stadium
Profile
An off-spinner who pushed the ball quicker through the air, Geoff Cope played 3 Tests and 2 ODIs for England between 1977-78. He could have had a longer run if not for the doubts over the legality of his bowling action. However, he showed a great deal of guts, remodelling his action twice and returning to the international stage.

Unfortunately his international career failed to take off. He continued to toil hard for Yorkshire, capturing 600+ wickets. After retirement from all forms of cricket in 1983, Cope became a Vice-President at FC Halifx Town.

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