Justin Bishop (cricketer)

Justin Edward Bishop (born 4 January 1982) is an English cricketer. Bishop is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.^[1]

Justin Bishop

Personal information
Full name	Justin Edward Bishop
Born	(1982-01-04) 4 January 1982 (age 43) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Nickname	Bish
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
Relations	Keith Bishop (father)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–present	Suffolk
2003	British Universities
2002–2004	Durham UCCE
2000	Suffolk
1999–2005	Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 25 23 Runs scored 433 58 Batting average 15.46 5.80 100s/50s –/4 –/– Top score 66 16* Balls bowled 3,432 828 Wickets 57 26 Bowling average 39.43 28.61 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 5/148 3/33 Catches/stumpings 7/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2011

Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Bishop attended County Upper School followed by Durham University.^[2] He played 25 first-class games for Essex from 1999 to 2005. Having first represented Essex in August 1999 in the CGU National League, he would later appear throughout the Division Two seasons of 1999–2002, before Essex's promotion into the First Division, playing in 23 List A one-day games in all. He made 4 first-class fifties and took 57 wickets in all. Justin Bishop now plays in the England Over 40’s side, representing them in the Over 40’s World Cup in South Africa in 2023

Bishop has since participated in the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division for Suffolk, making his debut against Cumberland on 7 August 2005.