Ian Cockbain, an English cricketer born in Bootle, Lancashire has died. He was born on 19 April 1958 and died 2 September 2022 at age 64.
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What was Ian Cokbain’s cause of death? A cause of death was not stated. Lancanshirecricket.co.uk paid tribute to the late cricketer, writing;

We are saddened to learn of the death of Ian Cockbain, aged 64 years, who played 46 first-class and 28 one-day games for Lancashire between 1979 and 1983.
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Ian made his highest score of 98 in the game at Southport against Warwickshire in 1982 where Lancashire famously overturned a huge score by the visitors to win by ten wickets.
Cockbain, a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left arm orthodox, made his first-class début for Lancashire against Leicestershire towards the end of the 1979 County Championship.
In his 46 first-class matches, he scored 1,456 runs at an average of 21.10, with a high score of 98. This score, which was one of seven first-class fifties he made, came against Warwickshire in 1982.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to Ian’s family and friends.


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