Gary Keedy
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| Gary Keedy | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Gary Keedy | |||
| Nickname | Keeds | |||
| Born | 27 November 1974 | |||
| Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1995–present | Lancashire (squad no. 23) | |||
| 1994 | Yorkshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| FC | LA | T20 | ||
| Matches | 157 | 43 | 29 | |
| Runs scored | 895 | 52 | 15 | |
| Batting average | 10.78 | 8.66 | 5.00 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 57 | 22 | 9* | |
| Balls bowled | 32145 | 1716 | 593 | |
| Wickets | 481 | 47 | 27 | |
| Bowling average | 31.41 | 29.10 | 22.92 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 5 | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | 7/95 | 5/30 | 3/25 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 44/– | 2/0 | 2/– | |
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As of 6 September 2007 |
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Gary Keedy (born 27 November 1974 in Wakefield, Yorkshire) is a slow-left arm spin bowler for Lancashire.
Keedy graduated from the Yorkshire Cricket Academy and played only one match for Yorkshire before moving to Roses rivals Lancashire in the winter of 1994/5.[1][2] Gary was signed by then Lancs coach David Lloyd in a motorway eaterie on the M6.[citation needed] Although it took time for him to become a leading light of the Lancashire attack, he was awarded his county cap in 2000.[2]
Although Keedy has never played for the England test or one day senior team, between 1993 and 1994 he played 8 youth test matches taking 16 wickets at an average of 38.87 including the scalps of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Thilan Samaraweera.[3][4] In the same period, he also played 6 youth ODIs, claiming 8 wickets at 16.37.[5]
It was in 2003 that Keedy first started to impress observers, taking sixty wickets in the County Championship as Lancashire narrowly missed out on their first Championship title since 1934 to Sussex. Since then he has remained on the periphery of England selection. He was considered unlucky not to win a place to tour Sri Lanka in 2003-4. The selectors chose Glamorgan's Robert Croft instead.
In 2004, Keedy enjoyed the most successful season of his career so far, taking 72 Championship wickets, making him the leading first-class wicket-taker amongst England qualified players. Only Mushtaq Ahmed of Sussex took more first class wickets. Unfortunately for him, Lancashire were relegated to Division Two of the Championship despite being favourites for the title. As a result of his bowling efforts during the 2004 season, Keedy was awarded Lancashire’s Player of the Year Award.[6][2]
He again missed out on selection to tour with England, this time to South Africa, in favour of the more conservative pick of Gareth Batty.
After taking 29 Championship wickets in 2005, Keedy suffered a finger injury on his spinning finger which ruled him out for the final month of the season. The injury likely cost Keedy a place on England's tour to Pakistan and India.
Until recently, many observers believed the main reason that Keedy had never played for the national team is his lack of batting talent and poor fielding qualities. Despite this, Northants' inexperienced off-spinner Monty Panesar, who is also not renowned for his batting or fielding skills, played all three tests in India, and has remained in the squad ever since.
In All Out Cricket's October 2006 edition, Gary Keedy was voted the best county player never to have played for England.[7]
| Gary Keedy season by season first class bowling stats[8] | |||||||||
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| Season | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Runs5wI | 10wM | Notes |
| 1995 | 3,030 | 128 | 1,498 | 37 | 4/35 | 40.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | 168 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 2/73 | 36.50 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 2,851 | 131 | 1,215 | 23 | 3/45 | 52.82 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 1,756 | 60 | 917 | 27 | 6/79 | 33.96 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1,095 | 43 | 563 | 18 | 5/35 | 31.27 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 1,594 | 73 | 711 | 26 | 5/67 | 27.34 | 1 | 0 | Muralitharan played for Lancashire as overseas player June to August |
| 2000 | 2,868 | 142 | 1,005 | 37 | 6/56 | 27.16 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2,323 | 76 | 1,150 | 28 | 5/73 | 41.07 | 2 | 0 | Muralitharan played for Lancashire as overseas player May to September |
| 2002 | 2,626 | 102 | 1,313 | 33 | 5/122 | 39.78 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 3,335 | 126 | 1,593 | 60 | 6/68 | 26.55 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3,873 | 122 | 1,849 | 72 | 7/95 | 25.68 | 6 | 1 | Lancashire’s leading wicket taker for the season[2] |
| 2005 | 1,593 | 67 | 753 | 33 | 6/33 | 22.81 | 2 | 1 | Muralitharan played for Lancashire as overseas player April to June |
| 2006 | 3,398 | 88 | 1,660 | 61 | 6/40 | 27.21 | 2 | 0 | Lancashire’s leading wicket taker for the season[2] |
| 2007 | 1,635 | 55 | 813 | 24 | 5/159 | 33.87 | 1 | 0 | Muralitharan played for Lancashire as overseas player May to August |
| Career | 32,145 | 1,221 | 15,113 | 481 | 7/95 | 31.41 | 23 | 5 | |
[edit] References
- ^ Gary Keedy player profile. ECB.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ a b c d e Colin Evans. Gary Keedy player profile. Lancashire County Cricket Club. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ England Under-19s vs. West Indies Under-19s in England 1993 (2nd Test). Cricket Archive. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ England Under-19s vs. Sri Lanka-19s in Sri Lanka 1993/4 (1st Test). Cricket Archive. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ Gary Keedy career statistics. Cricket Archive. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ Colin Evans (2004-09-24). Keedy secures top honour. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ All Out Cricket (no. 25), October 2006
- ^ Gary Keedy season by season first class bowling statistics. Cricket Archive. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
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