Brian Lander
English cricketer (born 1942)
Brian Richard Lander (born 9 January 1942) is a former English cricketer. Lander was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Early life
Lander was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
Career
Lander made his debut for Durham against Staffordshire in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1963 to 1986, making 90 Minor Counties Championship appearances and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance.
He made his List A debut against Oxfordshire in the 1972 Gillette Cup. He made 10 further List A appearances for Durham, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. In his 11 List A matches for Durham, he took 14 wickets at an average of 27.71, with best figures of 5/15. These figures, his only five wicket haul in List A cricket, came against Yorkshire in the 1973 Gillette Cup, when he captained Durham to victory by 5 wickets. It was the first time a minor county had beaten one of the 17 senior counties in the Gillette Cup.
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