Steve Snell

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Stephen David Snell (born 27 February 1983 in Winchester, Hampshire) is a English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.

Snell started his career at Hampshire but after failing to breakthrough signed for Gloucestershire in 2004. After spending a season playing second XI cricket he got his first-class debut in 2005 against Bangladesh A, scoring 83 not out to help his side recover from 72/7.^[1] He finished the season with a number of List A matches and by making his county debut, solely as a batsman.

Snell made few first-team appearances in 2006 but in 2007 played four first-class matches because of injury to regular keeper Stephen Adshead. Another injury to Adshead at the start of the 2008 season enabled Snell to score his first championship fifty against Glamorgan ^[2] and a maiden first-class hundred against Worcestershire.