Søren Henriksen

Søren Henriksen (born 1 December 1963 in Rødovre) is a former Danish cricketer, who has played for the national team. Henriksen was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Career

Early career and Lancashire Henriksen made his debut for Denmark Under-19s against Bermuda Under-19s in the 1981 International Youth Tournament. He made two further appearances for Denmark Under-19s in the 1983 International Youth Tournament, against Ireland Under-19s and Bermuda Under-19s, a tournament in which he came to the attention of English county Lancashire. Signed by Lancashire in 1983, his first-class debut for the county came in the 1985 County Championship against Surrey at The Oval, making him the second Dane after Ole Mortensen to play county cricket. He took his first wicket in this match, when he dismissed Trevor Jesty. In that same season, he made his List A debut against Worcestershire in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made eight further appearances in List A cricket in that season, taking 6 wickets at an average of 53.66, with best figures of 2/51. The following season, he made two further first-class appearances in the County Championship against Worcestershire and Derbyshire, He also made a single List A appearance against Derbyshire in the John Player Special League, going wicketless in the match. taking 10 wickets at an average of 19.80, with best figures of 4/26. With the bat, he scored 258 runs at an average of 34.00, with a high score of 56. One of two half centuries he made in the tournament, his highest score came against Argentina. Henriksen ended the tournament as Denmark's leading run-scorer and second highest wicket-taker. These figures came against Fiji. With the bat, he scored 97 runs at an average of 19.40, with a high score of 36. In July 1994, he captained Denmark in the 1994 European Quadrangular Tournament, which also featured Scotland and the Netherlands, with him also captaining Denmark in the following years Quadrangular Tournament, which featured Scotland and Scotland B. He did bowl four overs in the tournament, taking a single wicket. Denmark ended the tournament in fifth place, with Henriksen retiring from playing shortly thereafter. He made a total of 25 ICC Trophy appearances, scoring 459 runs at an average of 22.95, while with the ball he took 27 wickets at an average of 16.14. He was succeeded as captain by Morten Hedegaard. After his playing career he moved into coaching.