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Malone in 1981
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Steven John Malone
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Born | (1953-10-19) 19 October 1953 (age 70) Chelmsford, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Piggy[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1978 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1984 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | Dorset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WT20Is umpired | 1 (2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC umpired | 6 (2008–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA umpired | 5 (2010–2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2010 |
Steven John Malone (born 19 October 1953) is an English former first-class cricketer and cricket umpire. A journeyman county cricketer, he played at first-class level for Essex, Hampshire, and Glamorgan. He played predominantly for Hampshire as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, taking 103 wickets from 46 first-class matches and 99 wickets from 65 matches List A one-day matches. After the end of his first-class career, he played Minor Counties Cricket and later became a first-class umpire.
Malone was born at Chelmsford in October 1953. He played club cricket for Witham Cricket Club in Essex, where he was spotted as a fast-bowlerbyTrevor Bailey. Bailey persuaded him to play under the guidance of his son with Hadleigh and Thundersley in the Essex Cricket League, with Malone subsequently being signed by Essex.[1] He played just two first-class matches for Essex against Cambridge UniversityatFenner's in 1975 and 1978.[2] He left Essex in 1979, following their first County Championship title.[1]
Malone joined Hampshire in 1980, making seven appearances in the County Championship.[2] However, during his debut season he was utilised more in List A one-day cricket, making sixteen appearances across that season's one-day competitions,[3] taking 23 wickets.[4] Eight first-class appearances followed in 1981,[2] alongside seventeen one-day appearances in which he took 27 wickets;[3] against Cheshire in the NatWest Trophy he took his maiden one-day five wicket haul with figures of 5 for 34.[5] In the 1982 season, Malone found his opportunities in the Hampshire eleven limited, making just six appearances each in first-class and one-day cricket.[2][3] Against Oxford University in 1982, he took his career best first-class figures of 7 for 55, ending with match figures of 12 for 110.[6][7] Malone established himself in the Hampshire in the County Championship in 1983,[1] and made a total of 22 first-class appearances across the season,[2] in which he took 48 wickets at an average of 37.43.[8] He also featured in 23 one-day matches in 1983,[3] taking 37 wickets at an average of 20.37.[4] Alongside Keith Stevenson, Malone was offered a one-year contract extension at the end of the 1983 season.[9] The 1984 season was to be his last playing for Hampshire, with Malone making three first-class and one-day appearances,[2][3] with the presence of Malcolm Marshall keeping him out of the starting eleven.[10] He was released at the end of that season, alongside Mel Hussain and Kevin Emery.[11] In 46 first-class appearances for Hampshire, he took 103 wickets at an average of 33.79.[12] In one-day cricket, he took 99 wickets at an average of 22.07 from 65 matches.[13]
Following his release, Malone joined Glamorgan for the 1985 season.[14] He made nine appearances for Glamorgan in first-class matches in 1985,[2] taking 5 for 38 against Hampshire at Southampton, which were to be his best figures in the County Championship.[15] His nine first-class appearances for Glamorgan yielded 13 wickets at an average of 50.30.[12] He also made two one-day appearances in the 1985 John Player Special League.[3] Having found his opportunities at Glamorgan limited, he left following the end of the 1985 season.[14]
From there, he proceeded to the North of England to play minor counties cricket for Durham,[16] playing in three Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy matches apiece,[17][18] alongside playing against Warwickshire in the NatWest Trophy.[3] In 1986, he was chosen to play for the combined Minor Counties cricket team in the Benson & Hedges Cup, making three appearances in the group stages of the tournament.[3] He returned south in 1987, playing for Dorset twice each in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy,[17][18] and once in the NatWest Trophy.[17][3] Malone began playing minor counties cricket for Wiltshire in 1990,[19] with him making 23 Minor Counties Championship appearances between 1990 and 1992,[17] two MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances,[18] and a single one-day appearance in the 1990 NatWest Trophy.[3]
Following the conclusion of his playing career in county cricket, Malone played club cricket for the Old Tauntonians, Lymington, and Waterlooville in the Southern Premier Cricket League.[20][1] He became a youth coach at Hampshire,[14] before taking up umpiring and standing in Southern Premier Cricket League matches. From there, he progressed to stand in minor counties and Second XI Championship matches.[1] He was later appointed to the England and Wales Cricket Board's reserve umpires list, to which he was retained in 2008.[21]
He first stood in a first-class match in 2008, between Oxford MCCU and NottinghamshireatOxford.[22] In the same year, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Following intensive treatment with chemotherapy, he entered into remission.[23] A year after his initial diagnosis, he returned to umpire in first-class cricket.[24] Malone umpired in six first-class matches between 2009 and 2011,[22] alongside five one-day matches in the 2010 and 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 competitions.[25] Malone also stood in a single Women's Twenty20 International between England Women and New Zealand WomenatSouthampton in 2010.[26] Malone moved to Yorkshire in 2011, where he began umpiring in the Yorkshire Premier League under the mentorship of David Byas.[1] He stopped umpiring at club level in 2023, standing at Lord's in the final of the Village Cup between Milford Hall and Leeds & Broomfield.[27] In March 2024, he was appointed the Bradford Premier League's disciplinary officer.[28]
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