Scott Boswell

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Scott Anthony John Boswell is a former medium paced bowler in Cricket. Boswell was born on the 11 September 1974, in Fulford, Yorkshire. At school a young Boswell played both cricket and rugby for the school's 1st team and was captain of his house. After leaving school Boswell attended the University of Wolverhampton where a shoulder injury stopped him playing rugby. Boswell then went on to play first for Northamptonshire and then for Leicestershire before moving to club cricekt

Scott Boswell is approximately 6'2" tall and recently had surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat. Boswell is famous for bowling a 14 ball over in the 2001 C&G Trophy Final against Somerset at Lord's, whilst playing for Leicestershire. Cricinfo rated this as the sixth worst over in history and the Observer rated him as the 9th biggest choker in the history of Sport[1]. This was worse as the balls that were straight went for a lot of runs as well. In the semi-final, where Leicestershire defeated Lancashire, Boswell had taken four wickets for 44 runs, significantly bowling out Andrew Flintoff with a peach of a delivery.

Boswell currently coaches Stoughton and Thurnby in the Leicestershire Premier League and plays for Kibworth. He also coaches at Loughborough University and started his teaching career at the Beauchamp College, in Oadby, Leicestershire, where he also coached the school's cricket teams and the sixth form rugby team. He is currently the Director of Cricket at Nottingham High School, although he has suffered constant abuse for his abysmal over. He has not suffered any abuse because he is too much of a legend and is doing brilliant things for the school, and all the lads are very grateful. He is married.

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[edit] Career statistics

Batting and fielding averages 
class      mat inns no runs hs  ave   100 50 ct st 
First-class 22  30  10 249  35  12.44 0   0  6 0 
List A      47  22  11 63   23* 5.72  0   0  5 0 

Bowling averages 
class       mat balls runs wkts bbi  bbm   ave   econ  sr    4 5 10 
First-class 22  2668  1665  42  5/94       39.64 3.74  63.52 0 1 0 
List A      47  1963  1496  41  4/44 4/44  36.48 4.57  47.87 1 0 0 

Career statistics 
First-class span 1996 - 2001 
List A span 1995 - 2001