| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Ian Stevens | |||
| Born | 30 April 1976 Leicester, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Batting all-rounder | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2005–present | Kent (squad no. 3) | |||
| 2010 | Mid West Rhinos | |||
| 1997–2004 | Leicestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | T20 | |
| Matches | 176 | 229 | 91 | |
| Runs scored | 9,157 | 5,777 | 1,848 | |
| Batting average | 34.29 | 30.40 | 28.43 | |
| 100s/50s | 22/43 | 4/37 | 0/8 | |
| Top score | 208 | 133 | 77 | |
| Balls bowled | 7,578 | 2,591 | 792 | |
| Wickets | 109 | 60 | 42 | |
| Bowling average | 34.82 | 35.90 | 23.78 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Best bowling | 6/60 | 5/32 | 4/14 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 134/– | 87/– | 27/– | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 29 May 2011 | ||||
Darren Ian Stevens (born 30 April 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 6 for 60, against Essex in 2011.[7] He won Kent's Player of the Year award in 2005 and again in 2010.[3][8][9]
In 2007 Darren helped the Kent Spitfires win the Twenty20 Cup, scoring an unbeaten 30 including the winning runs, against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston.[10] However a week later he injured a groin muscle whilst top-scoring in Kent's victory over Durham[11] and did not bowl for the rest of the season.
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