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Nick Mandale.
Date of Birth: 23rd November, 1983.
Birth Place: Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Roles: RHB and RM.
Nickname: "DICK." (Thanks to a spelling mistake by a Barrow journalist prior to the Higson Cup Final 2000.)
Year started playing for Cockermouth Cricket Club: 1993.
Highest score for Cockermouth Cricket Club First XI: 6.
Highest score for Cockermouth Cricket Club Second XI: 41.
Best bowling for Cockermouth Cricket Club First XI: 1 - 0 - 3 - 0.
Best bowling for Cockermouth Cricket Club Second XI: 4 for 35.
Highest score ever: 47 Not Out.
Best bowling figures ever: 5 for 19.
Other teams played for: None.
Representative cricket: North Cumbria U'13's and Allerdale U'15's.
Cricketing heroes: Ian Botham.
Current cricket player's admired: Graham Thorpe.
Favourite ground and why: Sandair, because its our home ground.
If you could sign one player in the world to play for Cockermouth Cricket Club, who would it be, and why?: Brian Lara. It'd be great to watch him bat every week.
Other hobbies / interests: Football.
Other sports people admired / teams supported: Kieron Dyer and Newcastle United.
Favourite singers / bands: The Stereophonics.
Favourite cricket tea item: Sausage roll.
Favourite pint: Thwaites Extra Smooth.
Which Cockermouth Cricket Club bowler would you like to face most in a game?:
Ken White, to see if I could play him under match pressures.
Which Cockermouth Cricket Club bowler would you least like to face in a game?:
Mark Bowen, he'd probably get me out!
If you had £1,000, what would you buy? New Playstation and driving lessons.