Ian Andrew Cockbain is the son of Ian Cockbain, an English cricketer born in Bootle, Lancashire who was born on 19 April 1958 and died 2 September 2022 at age 64.
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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.
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.
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Ian Cockbain’s son was born on 17 February 1987, Liverpool and he is an English cricketer who currently plays for Gloucestershire.
A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler, he made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Derbyshire in August 2011 and then joined Gloucestershire in 2010 on a two-year deal after impressing opening for MCC young cricketers.
In April 2022, Cockbain was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred.
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