Graham Charlesworth

Graham Michael Charlesworth (born 15 February 1965) is an English former first-class cricketer and the coach of Oxford University Cricket Club.

Charlesworth has played first-class and List A cricket for Griqualand West, Cambridge University, Impalas, and Combined Universities.

Charlesworth studied for his undergraduate degree at Durham University, where he won a full palatinate for cricket.

Charlesworth made his List A debut in October 1989 in a Nissan Shield match for Griqualand West against Western Transvaal at the Fanie du Toit Sports Complex.

Charlesworth bowled 9 overs for 32 runs, and scored 36* in the match.

A month later, he made his first-class debut in a 1989/90 Castle Bowl match against Orange Free State B at Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground.

He took 1/91 in the first innings, and scored 19 and 43.

At the same time, Charlesworth represented Impalas, a team that represented South African minor provinces, in the Benson & Hedges Series of 1989/90 and 1990/91.

His highest first-class score was 81 for Griqualand West against Boland in a 1990/91 Castle Bowl match, and he made a single List A century in his career, in a 1990/91 Benson & Hedges Series match for Impalas against Eastern Province.

In 1993, Charlesworth made first-class appearances for Cambridge University, and a single List A appearance for the Combined Universities in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.

In 1993/94, Charlesworth captained Vredenburg-Saldanha; the team which included Ashley Giles.

In the 1999/2000 season, Charlesworth was coach of the Griqualand West B team.

From 2002 to 2009, Charlesworth played for Oxford cricket team, before moving to Abingdon Vale in 2010.

Charlesworth joined Abingdon as a player, but also undertook some coaching responsibilities, and in 2012, he was appointed the team's captain.

At the same time, Charlesworth worked as the coach of the Oxford University cricket team.