Dickie Davis (mai wasan cricket)

**Richard Peter Davis** (18 Maris 1966 - 29 Disamba 2003) ɗan wasan kurket ne na Ingila. Davis ɗan wasan kurket ne na hannun dama, wanda ke buga ƙwallon hannu a hankali . An haife shi a Westbrook, Kent .

## Rayuwar Farko da Kent
Davis ya girma a East Kent kuma ya fara karatu a Makarantar King Ethelbert da ke Birchington-on-Sea sannan daga baya a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Thanet da ke Tsibirin Thanet . An horar da shi a matakin gunduma a tsawon rayuwarsa, daga ƙarshe ya fara buga wasan kurket na farko a Kent a 1986 da Warwickshire . Duk da cewa ya fara buga wasan farko a gunduma yana da shekaru 20 kacal, Davis ya fuskanci ƙalubalen ci gaba da kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar; ana sa ran zai gaji Derek Underwood,  ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasan da ke juya hannun hagu. Wannan ya biyo bayan lokaci mafi nasara a tarihin gunduma kuma yana da filayen wasa a Canterbury waɗanda ba su dace da jinkirin buga bowling ba.

Duk da haka, tsakanin 1986 da 1993, ya wakilci Kent a wasanni 125 na farko, inda ya buga wasa na ƙarshe a gundumar, inda ya fafata da 'yan ƙasar Ostiraliya da ke yawon buɗe ido. Duk da yanayin filayen wasa a Canterbury, Davis ya yi nasarar yin wasan bowling a gundumar. A wasanni 125, ya yi wasan wicket 320 a matsakaicin bowling na 35.02, tare da bugun wicket 13 da bugun wicket 2 da bugun wicket 2 da yawa. Mafi kyawun ƙwallo a bowling ɗinsa sune 7/64, wanda ya zo a shekarar 1992, mafi kyawunsa da ƙwallon. A lokacin kakar wasa ta 1992, ya yi wasan wicket 74 a matsakaicin 21.74, [1] tare da waɗannan fitattun ƙwallo da suka zo da Durham a Eastwood Gardens . Har zuwa wannan lokacin, ya kuma zama ɗan wasan batsman mai sauƙin amfani ga gundumar. A wasanni 125 da ya buga, ya zira kwallaye 1,795 a matsakaicin bugun ƙwallo na 15.74, tare da rabin ƙarni 4 da kuma babban maki 67 wanda ya zo a kan Hampshire a Gasar Gundumar 1989. [2] Davis ya kuma fara buga wasan kurket na List-A ga Kent a wasan Worcestershire . Mai tsaron raga mai kyau tare da ƙimar tattalin arziki mai kyau, Davis ya buga wasanni 106 na List-A ga gundumar, a lokacin ya ɗauki wickets 103 matsakaicin 31.71, wanda ya haɗa da bugun wickets guda biyar na List-A na 5/52 akan Somerset . [3] A ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1993, fitowar Min Patel ya sa Davis bai tsawaita kwangilarsa ta Kent ba.

## An ƙaura zuwa Warwickshire da Gloucestershire
Bayan ya bar Kent, Davis ya koma Warwickshire wanda a lokacin Bob Woolmer ne ke horar da shi. Woolmer ya yi imanin cewa Davis zai iya inganta a matsayin ɗan wasan kurket idan yana da ƙarin imani da kansa, har ma yana da yakinin cewa yana da shi don wakiltar Ingila a lokacin da wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na spin ya zama abin da ke raguwa. Ya fara buga wasa a matakin farko a gundumar da Mashonaland a lokacin da Warwickshire ta yi rangadin share fagen kakar wasa zuwa Zimbabwe . Daga 1994 zuwa 1995, ya wakilci Warwickshire a wasanni 20 na farko da wasanni 12 na List-A. A wasanni 20 na farko, ya ɗauki wickets 54 a matsakaicin maki 31.01, tare da wickets 3 biyar da mafi kyawun adadi na 6/94. A wasanni 12 na List-A, ya ɗauki wickets 13 a matsakaicin maki 22.23, tare da mafi kyawun adadi na 3/19.  A kakar wasa ta farko da ya yi da Warwickshire, ya ɗanɗani nasara nan take yayin da ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da lashe gasar cricket ta farko ta gundumar Warwickshire - Championship, Benson da Hedges Cup da AXA Equity & Law League.  An girmama shi sosai a hannun Woolmer, kyaftin ɗin Warwickshire Dermot Reeve bai nuna girmamawar Woolmer ga Davis ba, kuma tare da fitowar matashin Ashley Giles, Davis ya bar Warwickshire a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1995. Yayin da yake gundumar, Woolmer ya kuma ƙarfafa Davis ya fara koyarwa daga baya a aikinsa, yana kiransa "mai zurfin tunani".

Ya shiga Gloucestershire a shekarar 1996, ya fara buga wasa a matakin farko a gundumar da Middlesex a Lord's . Tsakanin 1996 da 1997, ya wakilci Gloucestershire a wasanni 24 na matakin farko, wanda na ƙarshe ya zo ne da Lancashire .  Ya kuma buga wasanni 20 na jerin-A a gundumar, wanda na ƙarshe ya zo ne da Kent. A wasanni 24 na matakin farko a Gloucestershire, ya ɗauki wickets 40 a matsakaicin maki 41.50, tare da mafi kyawun maki 4/35. A wasanni 20 na jerin-A a gundumar, ya ɗauki wickets 20 a matsakaicin maki 37.30, tare da mafi kyawun maki 3/42. Bayan shekaru biyu a Bristol, ya tafi ya shiga Sussex .

## Sussex da ritaya
Ya shiga Sussex a kakar wasa ta 1998, ya wakilci gundumar ne kawai a gasar cricket ta List-A. A wannan kakar ya buga wasanni 4 na List-A ga gundumar a gasar AXA League da kuma gasar Benson da Hedges Cup da Lancashire, Middlesex da Essex sau biyu. A lokacin wasanni 4 da ya yi da gundumar, ya dauki wicket daya kacal a kan kudi 118.00, wanda daga karshe ya zama ba shi da nasara. Da wannan ne ya yi ritaya daga wasan cricket a karshen kakar wasa ta 1998. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa ya dauki mukamai da dama na koyarwa, inda ya samu nasara a matsayin koci. A wannan lokacin ya zama jami'in ci gaban wasan cricket a Greater London .

## Berkshire da Leicestershire
A shekara ta 2001, Davis ya dawo daga ritaya don buga wasa a matsayin ɗan wasa-kocin Berkshire . Wasansa na farko a gasar cin kofin ƙananan hukumomi a gundumar ya zo ne a kan Shropshire . A kakar wasa ta 2001, ya wakilci gundumar a wasanni 6 na gasar cin kofin ƙananan hukumomi, na ƙarshe ya zo ne a kan Dorset .  Ya kuma fara buga gasar cin kofin MCCA Knockout ga gundumar da Dorset. Ya wakilci Berkshire a wasanni 4 na gasar cin kofin, na ƙarshe ya zo ne a kan Tsibirin Channel .  Davis ya kuma wakilci Berkshire a wasannin List-A, na farko ya zo ne lokacin da Berkshire ya buga Middlesex Cricket Board da Essex a gasar cin kofin Cheltenham &amp;amp; Gloucester ta 2001 . Wasansa na ƙarshe na List-A ga Berkshire da kuma a rayuwarsa ta aiki, ya zo ne da Lincolnshire a zagaye na farko na gasar Cheltenham &amp;amp; Gloucester Trophy ta 2002 wadda aka buga a shekara ta 2001.  A wannan wasan ne ya zira kwallaye na farko kuma na farko a List-A rabin ƙarni, tare da maki 56.