Full Name:  Philip Andrew Lingard

Nicknames:  

Birthplace:  Colchester, 1981

Residence:  Colchester

Where educated:  Thomas Lord Audley Skool, Badgers Office.

Occupation:  Convenience Store Manager

Previous clubs:  None

Abberton debut:  1996 v Swinton Insurance XI

Career HS:  130* away at Ardleigh in September 2003; my Dad also got a six for!!

Career BB:  5-38 v Birch, July 2001 (I would love to find out who my victims were)

Cricketing achievements:  Scoring my first hundred at home v Real Oddies in June 2002; having Mark Ramprakash stand on my toes.

Best non-professional played with:  Callum Appleyard, Shaun Calladine.

Biggest cricketing influence:  Dad and Graham Gooch. If it wasn't for Dad I wouldn't have got involved with the club and we were always playing in the garden from an early age. I modelled my stance on Gooch with his high backlift and my first crickting memory is his 333 v Inida and the 1991 Test series v West Indies.

Favourite local ground:  Abberton.

Least favourite local ground:  The Great Horkesley Allotments; I never score runs there!

Favourite Abberton player:  Barry Rudlin

Three sporting legends:  Gary Lineker, Tony Cottee, David Moyes.

Other sports played: Football; I was a decent goalkeeper once. Non-playing pool captain.

Most memorable sporting moment:  Word Cup Italia 90 and the Ashes series in 2005.

Advice for young players: Enjoy every game; when you stop enjoying it, it is time to give up!!

Favourite food:  Prawns, Toffees.

Favourite drink:  Lager Tops, Diet Coke.

Biggest fear in life:  Being outsprinted by an ADCC FB XI member.

Newspaper read: Daily Mirror.

Favourite 'lower shelf' periodical:  Convenience Store Weekly,

Amateur Shoplifting, Make your own Toffees.