| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel James Bell-Drummond | |||
| Born | 4 August 1993 Lewisham, London, England |
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| Nickname | D.B.D. 'Deebs' | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm Medium Fast | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2011– | Kent County Cricket Club | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | T20 | |
| Matches | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Runs scored | 80 | 111 | 11 | |
| Batting average | 80.00 | 22.20 | 11.00 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 80 | 42 | 11 | |
| Balls bowled | – | – | – | |
| Wickets | – | – | – | |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | |
| Best bowling | – | – | – | |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 17 August 2011 | ||||
Daniel Bell-Drummond (born 4 August 1993, Lewisham, London) is an English first-class cricketer, who plays for Kent County Cricket Club and England Under-19 cricket team.
Bell-Drummond was spotted by Kent as a seven year old and has since progressed through the county system, scoring his first century for the under-10 side aged just seven.[1] Bell-Drummond has played for England at youth levels U-15, U-17 and U-19. Bell-Drummond had represented Millfield School, that had nurtured such players as Craig Kieswetter and James Hildreth, before signing a three-contract with Kent County Cricket Club at the age of 17.[2][3] Prior to signing his professional contract Bell-Drummond received the 'John Aitken Gray Trophy' having been named as Kent Academy Scholar of the year.[4][5]
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Bell-Drummond played for England U-19 in a series against Sri Lanka in 2010 and made his youth Test debut on 21 July 2010 in a 199 run defeat against Sri Lanka at the County Ground, Northampton. He made 32 and 1 opening the batting with Yorkshire CCC youngster Joe Root.[6] In the following test Bell-Drummond helped England level the test series with an unbeaten 88 in a six wicket victory.[7]
In July 2011 Bell-Drummond played in a one-day series against South Afica U-19s. He top scored with 86 in the first match at Edgbaston with 11 boundaries including 1 six, however it was not enough to avoid defeat.[8] In the second game of the series he again top scored with another half century, recording a score of 68, which levelled the series at 1–1.[9] Bell-Drummond also hit half centuries in the fifth and seventh youth ODI's recording scores of 72 and 54 respectively.[10][11] England lost the series against South Africa U-19s 2–4. Bell-Drummond was the leading run scorer for England scoring 329 runs in seven innings at an average of 47.00.[12]
Bell-Drummond made his first-class debut for Kent at the age of 17 in a University match against Loughborough MCCU and made a fluent 80 from 103 balls, an innings which included 11 fours and two sixes. He also shared a stand of 116 with team mate Sam Northeast.[13] On 31 July, Bell-Drummond made his one-day debut in a victorious Clydesdale Bank 40 match against Worcestershire. He made an aggressive 42 from 30 balls including 7 boundaries and 2 sixes before falling to Saeed Ajmal.[14][15]