Steven Crook

Steven Crook
Personal information
Full name Steven Paul Crook
Born 28 May 1983 (1983-05-28) (age 28)
Adelaide, Australia
Nickname Crookster
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right Handed
Bowling style Right arm fast medium
Role All-rounder
Relations AR Crook (Brother) MA Crook (Father)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001-2005 Lancashire
2005-2009 Northamptonshire (squad no. 25)
2011- Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 35 30 27
Runs scored 1261 281 171
Batting average 32.00 15.61 15.54
100s/50s 0/9 0/1 0/0
Top score 97 72 27
Balls bowled 4141 1059 222
Wickets 59 21 9
Bowling average 51.58 50.42 37.33
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/71 4/20 2/24
Catches/stumpings 12/- 6/- 5/-
Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2009

Steven Paul Crook (born 28 May 1983 in Adelaide) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Middlesex in English county cricket. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm fast medium pace.[1]

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Cricket career

Crook played for Lancashire from 2001 before moving to Northamptonshire in 2005. As he holds a United Kingdom passport, he is not classified as an overseas player for the purposes of county cricket's overseas player restrictions. His career has been riddled by injury he spent the latter part of the last 5 seasons out with injury. Due to this, he was released at the end of the 2009 season.[2] In 2011, he signed for Middlesex.[3]

Career Best Performances

as of 7 July 2011

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 97 Northamptonhshire v Yorkshire Northampton 2005 5-71 Northamptonhshire v Essex Northampton 2009
LA 72 Northamptonhshire v Essex Chelmsford 2009 4-20 Northamptonhshire v Sussex Northampton 2006
T20 29 Middlesex v Sussex Hove 2011 3-21 Middlesex v Kent Canterbury 2011

Music career

Crook also fronts a band, Juliet the Sun, as lead vocalist.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Steven Crook: Australia". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4823.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011. 
  2. ^ Pair fail to get Northants deals BBC Sport
  3. ^ "Steven Crook signs for Middlesex". ESPNcricinfo. 11 February 2011. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/500384.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011. 
  4. ^ "Juliet steals Crook's heart". www.ecb.co.uk. 28 October 2009. http://www.ecb.co.uk/twelfthman/juliet-the-sun,308262,EN.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011. 

External links

Middlesex County Cricket Club – current squad