Graham Michael Charlesworth (born 15 February 1965)^[1] is an English former first-class cricketer and the coach of Oxford University Cricket Club.^[2] 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.^[3]

Career

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[1] His highest first-class score was 81 for Griqualand West against Boland in a 1990/91 Castle Bowl match,^[6] and he made a single List A century in his career, in a 1990/91 Benson & Hedges Series match for Impalas against Eastern Province.^[7][8][9] 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.^[10][1]

In 1993/94, Charlesworth captained Vredenburg-Saldanha; the team which included Ashley Giles.^[11] In the 1999/2000 season, Charlesworth was coach of the Griqualand West B team.^[12] From 2002 to 2009, Charlesworth played for Oxford cricket team, before moving to Abingdon Vale in 2010.^[13] Charlesworth joined Abingdon as a player, but also undertook some coaching responsibilities, and in 2012, he was appointed the team's captain.^[14] At the same time, Charlesworth worked as the coach of the Oxford University cricket team.^[13][14]