| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sam Alexander Northeast | |||
| Born | 16 October 1989 Ashford, Kent, England |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off spin | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2007–present | Kent (squad no. 17) | |||
| First-class debut | 19 September 2007 Kent v Durham | |||
| List A debut | 16 July 2007 Kent v Sri Lanka A | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 12 | 7 | ||
| Runs scored | 672 | 144 | ||
| Batting average | 35.36 | 24.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/3 | 0/1 | ||
| Top score | 128* | 69 | ||
| Balls bowled | 6 | 0 | ||
| Wickets | 0 | – | ||
| Bowling average | – | – | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | – | – | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 10/– | 1/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 19 October 2009 | ||||
Sam Alexander Northeast (born 16 October 1989 in Ashford, Kent) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spinner. He is currently contracted by Kent.
Northeast first came to prominence when as a 13-year-old schoolboy he scored 19 hundreds in a term, and he continued that form at Harrow School where he won a place in the 1st XI at the age of 14. Kent sent coaches to work with him rather than asking him to travel to Canterbury, and he picked up a string of national awards, including a Bunbury scholarship.
In 2005 he made his Kent 2nd XI debut against Durham and scored 96, as well as playing for England Under-15s. In 2006 he was included in a strong Getty XI against the touring Sri Lankans, and he cracked 62 against the two international bowlers in Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan. In July 2007 he scored a hundred against Eton at Lords for Harrow.
An allround sportsman, Northeast is a national schools rackets champion, a county squash player and cross-country runner, and has been offered county trials in football and rugby. He made his Kent first team debut in a List A match against a touring Sri Lanka 'A' team in July 2007, however, the match was abandoned before he had the chance to bat.
Northeast made his first class debut for Kent on 19 September 2007 in their final LV County Championship game of the season, against Durham at the St Lawrence Ground.
In July 2009 Northeast showed good form for England Under 19s against Bangladesh. In the 2nd Test match at Derby he scored 107 in the first innings and 149 in the second innings. He followed this with scores of 123, 41 and 62 in the One Day Internationals, top scoring on each occasion.
Player profile: Sam Northeast from ESPNcricinfo
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