Ned Eckersley

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Ned Eckersley
Personal information
Full name Edmund John Eckersley
Born (1989-08-09) 9 August 1989
Oxford, England
Nickname Jazza[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Role Wicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–present MCC
2010 Unicorns
2011–present Leicestershire (squad no. 33)
2011 Mountaineers (squad no. 6)
List A debut 1 August 2008 MCC v Bangladesh A
Career statistics
Competition FC OD T20
Matches 41 21 23
Runs scored 2,495 493 171
Batting average 38.98 29.00 15.54
100s/50s 6/10 1/2 0/0
Top score 147 108 42
Balls bowled 49 - -
Wickets 2 - -
Bowling average 21.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 - -
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 2/29 – –
Catches/stumpings 80/3 17/1 4/2
Source: Cricinfo, 28 September 2013

Edmund John "Ned" Eckersley, (born 9 August 1989, Oxford, England) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He has been with his current side Leicestershire since 2011.

Career

Eckersley made his List A debut playing for the MCC in 2008, having previously played for Middlesex Second XI and the MCC Young Cricketers. His debut, against Bangladesh A, saw him make three catches as wicketkeeper, but he only scored one run.[2] As a member of the MCC Young Cricketers squad, he was chosen to perform 12th man duties in the 2009 Ashes Lord's Test and got the opportunity to field on the fourth day.[3][4]

In 2010, Eckersley was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic one day competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.[5] In 2011, Eckersley was offered a trial at Leicestershire after some impressive performances in 2010 for the MCC Young Cricketers. He spent most of the season with the Second XI, becoming the team's highest scorer, and was rewarded for this late in the 2011 season with a debut for the Leicestershire First XI, against Surrey at Grace Road. He then followed that up with some solid batting displays against Gloucestershire in particular, making his maiden first class fifty, and taking four catches as wicketkeeper. He then spent the close season playing for Mountaineers in Zimbabwe.

In the 2012 season he made excellent progress with Leicestershire including a six and a half-hour innings against Glamorgan. His score of 137 not out was part of a second wicket stand of 245 with Michael Thornely, and was a career best for him at the time. He followed this with an extremely successful 2013 season, for which he was named CricInfo's breakthrough player of the season.[6] He topped Leicestershire's first class batting averages, with 1302 runs at 50.07, nearly twice as many runs as any other Leicestershire player. He made four first class centuries, plus one score of 108 in a 40-over game, and was rewarded with his county cap in September.[7] His season was mired somewhat, however, on 1 September when both himself and Joshua Cobb were arrested by police for being drunk and disorderly in Leicester city centre. Both received fines.[8]

Career Best Performances

as of 28 September 2013

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 147 Leicestershire v Essex Chelmsford 2013 2-29 Leicestershire v Lancashire Manchester 2013
LA 108 Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings Leicester 2013 -
T20 42 Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons Derby 2013 -

References

  1. ↑ Shane old stories, 20 July 2009, www.skysports.com. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Marylebone Cricket Club v Bangladesh A, 1 August 2008, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Clarke & Haddin frustrate England, 19 July 2009, www.lords.org. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
  4. ↑ From Indoor School to England, 24 July 2009, www.lords.org. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Cricinfo staff, Unicorns name squad for Clydesdale Bank 40, 13 April 2010, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Dobell, George (3 October 2013). "Durham locals produce stellar year". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 3 October 2013. 
  7. ↑ Leicestershire CCC's Ned Eckersley rewarded for fantastic summer with County cap, 3 September 2013, Leicester Mercury. Retrieved on 28 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Dobell, George (September 23, 2013). "Cobb, Eckersley fined by police". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 3 October 2013. 

External links

Leicestershire County Cricket Club – current squad
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