Stephen Coverdale

Stephen Peter Coverdale (born 20 November 1954 ) is an English retired first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University from 1974 to 1977, for Yorkshire from 1973 to 1980, A wicket-keeper-batsman, he won four blues at Cambridge, and made 46 first-class appearances, scoring 1,245 runs at 18.04, with a top score of 75. He took 41 catches and 10 stumpings, and took a wicket in his only first-class over, which was also a maiden.

He had a distinguished career in cricket administration, before joining a hospitality firm, European Events, in 2005. A qualified solicitor, Coverdale joined the BBC as a broadcaster and Head of department, before being appointed as chief executive of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 1985, a post he held for a record nineteen years.

His broadcasting career included a spell during the early 80s as anchorman for the BBC Radio Leeds Saturday sports programme during the winter months.

He is the father of Paul Coverdale, a cricketing all-rounder who was, until 2007, on Northamptonshire's staff.