Darren Stevens (cricketer)
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Darren Stevens | ||||
England | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Darren Ian Stevens | |||
Born | 30 April 1976 | |||
Leicester, England | ||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
Role | Batting all-rounder | |||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
2005 – present | Kent (squad no. 3) | |||
1997 – 2004 | Leicestershire | |||
First-class debut | 18 April 1997: Leicestershire v Cambridge UCCE | |||
List A debut | 3 August 1997: Leicestershire v Essex | |||
Career statistics | ||||
FC | LA | T20 | ||
Matches | 127 | 180 | 41 | |
Runs scored | 6372 | 4423 | 652 | |
Batting average | 32.67 | 28.35 | 19.75 | |
100s/50s | 12/37 | 3/29 | 0/1 | |
Top score | 208 | 133 | 69 | |
Balls bowled | 4199 | 1565 | 156 | |
Wickets | 58 | 40 | 9 | |
Bowling average | 37.63 | 31.55 | 19.66 | |
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | n/a | |
Best bowling | 4/36 | 5/32 | 4/14 | |
Catches/stumpings | 102/- | 71/- | 12/- | |
Darren Ian Stevens (born April 30, 1976 in Leicester) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.[1]
Stevens made his debut for his home county of Leicestershire in 1997. His first century came in his fourth match, two years later against Sussex.[2] This innings earned him a seal of approval (as well as a painting) from Colin Cowdrey.[1][3] He remained, however, on the fringes of the side with Aftab Habib and Ben Smith being preferred in the Leicestershire middle-order. After a strong season in 2002, when he scored 850 runs at an average of 32.69, he was called up to England's Academy squad in Australia[4] and was included in their 30-man squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[5]
After two average seasons for Leicestershire, Stevens was released and joined Kent for the 2005 season.[6] He made a very good start to his Kent career, scoring over 1,000 runs in a season for the first time in his career.[1] 2006 proved to be disappointing by comparison, yet he still averaged 39. His performances in the Pro40 League, however, brought Kent to the verge of promotion.
His highest first-class innings is 208, which he achieved while playing for Kent against Glamorgan in 2005.[3] His best bowling analysis is 4 for 36, against Yorkshire in 2006.[3] He won Kent's Player of the Year award in 2005.[3][7]
In 2007 Darren helped the Kent Spitfires win the Twenty20 Cup, scoring an unbeaten 30 including the winning runs, against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston.[8] However a week later he injured a groin muscle whilst top-scoring in Kent's victory over Durham[9] and did not bowl for the rest of the season.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Cricinfo. Darren Stevens player profile. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ CricketArchive. Sussex v Leicestershire in 1999. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ a b c d (2007) The Cricketer's Who's Who. Green Umbrella Publishing, pp 598-599. ISBN 9781905828265.
- ^ Cricinfo (2002-09-10). Stevens named in final Academy squad. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ Cricinfo (2002-12-07). England name initial 30-man World Cup squad. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ Cricinfo (2004-11-03). Darren Stevens signs for Kent. Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
- ^ (2006) Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2006. Kent County Cricket Club.
- ^ Cricinfo (2007-08-04). Kent take Twenty20 in thrilling final. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ BBC Sport (2007-08-12). Stevens haul earns Kent victory. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
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