Joshua Cobb

Joshua Cobb (born 17 August 1990 in Leicester) is an English cricket player. He currently plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a top order batsmen and occasional off-spinner. He was man of the match in the 2011 Friends Life t20 Final.

Joshua is a very capable batsman, and this was shown when he scored a brilliant double century for the England Under 19s, and has a very very bright future ahead of him as he progresses in the game to become a good all round cricketer. He attended Oakham School as a child where he was a key member of there 1st team, averaging over 50 with the bat in his final season.

Joshua made his first team debut in 2007, aged just 17, but gained a regular place in 2008 with a series of impressive scores. This included 148 not out against Middlesex County Cricket Club at Lord's Cricket Ground, an innings which made him Leicestershire's youngest ever centurion. He is also a capable off spin bowler. Joshua had started his 2011 county campaign is average style, but he recently came back to his usual self, as he scored 61 runs off 62 balls in a Clydesdale Bank 40 match at Grace Road against Scotland. He came to prominence at the 2011 Friends Life t20 Final against Somerset, where he won the man of the match award after scoring a crucial quick fire 18 and then taking a career best 4–22 to help restrict Somerset to 127–9 giving the Foxes the Cup by a total of 18 runs.

In July 2012, Cobb was named captain of Leicestershire's limited overs side, succeeding Matthew Hoggard.^[1] In 2013 he was named vice-captain to Ramnaresh Sarwan for Leicester's County Championship campaign.

In 2013 Joshua signed for the Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty 20 tournament.^[2]

Personal life

Cobb follows in the footsteps of his father, Russell Cobb, who was also a Leicestershire batsmen (and currently works as Head Coach at Loughborough University).

On 1 September 2013, Cobb was arrested with Ned Eckersley for being drunk and disorderly in Leicester city centre.^[3]

2012 season

Cobb has begun the 2012 season well – and he is beginning to show his true potential in the longer form of the game. While being an attacking batsman, he has been able to work on decision making and has played the correct shots a lot of the time. This improvement along with some more good performances may hold Cobb in good stead for a future selection for the England Lions, which the former Leicestershire player James Taylor leads.

Career Best Performances

as of 27 September 2013

References

1. ^ Josh Cobb strikes maiden century for Leicestershire

External links

• Cricinfo profile