Bob Cunnell

Robert Edmund Cunnell (16 July 1942 – 12 January 2023) was an English cricketer. Cunnell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break.

Bob Cunnell
Personal information
Full name
Robert Edmund Cunnell
Born(1942-07-16)16 July 1942
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died12 January 2023(2023-01-12) (aged 80)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RelationsClifford Cunnell (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1960–1979Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition List A
Matches 4
Runs scored 55
Batting average 18.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 40
Balls bowled 18
Wickets 1
Bowling average 28.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/28
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 July 2011

Cunnell made his debut for Suffolk in the 1960 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. Cunnell played Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1960 to 1979, which included 116 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[1] He made his List A debut against Kent in the 1966 Gillette Cup. He made 3 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Sussex in the 1979 Gillette Cup.[2] In his 4 List A matches, he scored 55 runs at an average of 18.33, with a high score of 40.[3] With the ball, he took a single wicket which came at a cost of 28 runs.[4]

His brother, Clifford, also played List A and Minor counties cricket for Suffolk.

Bob Cunnell died from pneumonia on 12 January 2023, at the age of 80.[5][6]

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