Simon Hinks

Simon Graham Hinks (born 12 October 1960) is a former English professional cricketer.[1] He played for Kent County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1982 and 1994, scoring over 8,700 runs in first-class cricket. Since retirement he has coached cricket and worked in sports administration at the University of Bristol.

Simon Hinks
Personal information
Full name
Simon Graham Hinks
Born (1960-10-12) 12 October 1960
Northfleet, Kent
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1982–1991Kent
1992–1994Gloucestershire
FC debut2 June 1982 Kent v Hampshire
Last FC11 June 1994 Gloucestershire v 
New Zealanders
LA debut13 June 1982 Kent v Northants
Last LA4 May 1999 Gloucestershire Cricket Board
 v Yorkshire Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 182 174
Runs scored 8,715 4,026
Batting average 29.05 25.48
100s/50s 11/43 0/26
Top score 234 99
Balls bowled 603 426
Wickets 8 11
Bowling average 47.87 33.63
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/18 2/10
Catches/stumpings 114/0 48/0
Source: CricInfo, 10 November 2017

Cricket career

Hinks was born in Northfleet, Kent in 1960. He first played for the Kent Second XI in 1979 before making his first-class cricket debut for the county in June 1982 in a match against Hampshire at Bournemouth. He played 154 first-class and 137 list A matches for the county, playing most regularly between 1985 and 1990. He scored 1,000 first-class runs in 1985, 1989 and 1990 and made 11 centuries for Kent. His highest score of 234 was made against Middlesex at Canterbury in 1990, the innings contributing to a Kent record score for the second wicket of 366 with Neil Taylor which lasted until 2017.[2][3][4] He was awarded his county cap in 1985.[2]

After playing infrequently in 1991, Hinks moved to Gloucestershire for the start of the 1992 season, playing there until 1994.[5][4] He played club cricket for Stroud Cricket Club and Thornbury Cricket Club. He played for Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the Minor Counties Trophy in 1998 and made a final limited-overs appearance in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[4][6][7]

Professional life after cricket

After retirement Hinks worked at the University of Bristol, initially as a fundraiser before rising to the position of Director of Sport, Exercise and Health. He resigned from his post at the end of 2014[8] and has since acted as a sports consultant and project manager and as Head Coach at the Bristol Academy of Sport based at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.[9][10] He has also coached at Thornbury CC, Gloucester City CC and previously at Old Bristolians Westbury CC and Stroud CC.

References
  1. Simon Hinks, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  2. Simon Graham Hinks, Kent County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  3. Hoad A (2017) Sean Dickson and Joe Denly rewrite Kent cricket history books against Northamptonshire at Beckenham, Kent Online, 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  4. Simon Hinks, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  5. Hodgson D (1993) County Cricket: Spin twins alter the Championship equation: Club-by-club guide to new season of four-day games and colourful Sundays by Derek Hodgson, The Independent, 1993-04-26. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  6. Marks V (1999) Lord's takes the Wembley way to Cup glory, The Guardian, 1999-05-01. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  7. Cricket: Thornbury avoid the drop, Western Telegraph, 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  8. Thacker D, Dogliani Z (2014) Sports chief Hinks to stand down, Epigram, Bristol University Students' Union, 2014-11-20. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  9. SGS cricketer selected to train in India by Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  10. Cricket, Bristol Academy of Sport. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

Simon Hinks at ESPNcricinfo

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