Lee Anthony Cooper (born 1 September 1979) is an English former cricketer, and cricket administrator who was most recently chief executive of Somerset County Cricket Club.
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| Full name | Lee Anthony Cooper | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 September 1979 Taunton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Somerset Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||
| Only List A | 2 May 2000 Somerset CB v Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 August 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Cooper was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Taunton, Somerset.
Cooper represented the Somerset Cricket Board in a single List A match against Staffordshire in the 1st round of the 2000 NatWest Trophy at the Gorway Ground, Walsall.[1] In his only List A match, he scored 17 runs.[2]
After failing to make the breakthrough into the Somerset first XI, Cooper founded Taunton-based mortgage advisors Cooper Associates.[3] In June 2017, Cooper was announced as Guy Lavender's successor as chief executive of Somerset County Cricket Club.[4] After only nine months Cooper resigned as chief executive of Somerset County Cricket Club.[5]
References edit
- ^ List A Matches played by Lee Cooper
- ^ List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lee Cooper
- ^ "New CEO outlines vision". Somerset County Cricket Club. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Somerset appoint next CEO". Somerset County Cricket Club. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Lee Cooper: Somerset chief executive stands down after nine months". BBC Sport. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
External links edit
- Lee Cooper at ESPNcricinfo
- Lee Cooper at CricketArchive (subscription required)