Nathan Buck

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Nathan Buck

Personal information

Full name

Nathan Liam Buck

Born

26 April 1991
Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium-fast

Role

Bowler

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2009–present

Leicestershire (squad no. 15)

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	51	34	18
Runs scored	421	78	16
Batting average	8.59	9.75	16.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	27	21	8*
Balls bowled	7,696	1,425	362
Wickets	108	42	20
Bowling average	40.52	34.47	25.25
5 wickets in innings	1	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	5/99	4/39	3/16
Catches/stumpings	6/–	7/–	4/–

Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2013

For the Welsh rugby union player see Nathan Buck (rugby player)

Nathan Liam Buck (born 26 April 1991) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Leicestershire. He was born in Leicester, and started playing for Gracedieu Cricket Club in Thringstone.

Buck made his cricketing debut in the Under-13 County Cup for Leicestershire and Rutland in 2004, and played for a single season in the Under-17 County Championship in 2007.

In January 2009, Buck made five Under-19 One Day International appearances for England in a tour of South Africa. Buck made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Loughborough UCCE in April 2009 taking a wicket. He later signed a three-year contract with Leicestershire taking him into June 2012.

After taking 49 County Championship wickets in his first full season, Buck was called up to the England Lions cricket team in January 2011 for their tour of the Caribbean. He was also selected for the ECB Fast Bowling programme in India coached by former Australian legend Dennis Lillee.^[1] After the 2011 season in which he took 25 County Championship wickets, Buck was selected for the winter England Performance Programme.^[2]

In April 2012, Buck signed a two-year contract.^[3] Unfortunately, most of the 2012 season was marred by injury.

Career Best Performances

as of 28 September 2013

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	27	Leicestershire v Kent	Canterbury	2012	5–99	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire	Bristol	2011
LA	21	Leicestershire Foxes v Glamorgan Dragons	Leicester	2009	4–39	England Lions v Sri Lanka A	Dambulla	2012
T20	8*	Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons	Leicester	2013	3–16	England Lions v Bangladesh A	Mirpur	2012

External links

Nathan Buck at Cricket Archive
Player profile: Nathan Buck from ESPNcricinfo

References

↑ "Buck called up for Lions tour". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
↑ "England youngsters set for busy winter". ESPN Cricinfo. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
↑ "Nathan Buck signs new Leicestershire contract". BBC Sport. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

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Persondata
Name	Buck, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description	English cricketer
Date of birth	26 April 1991
Place of birth	Leicester, Leicestershire
Date of death
Place of death

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