Mitchell Claydon

Mitchell Claydon
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Eric Claydon
Born 25 November 1982
Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2006 Yorkshire
2007–2013 Durham (squad no. 25)
2013 → Kent (loan)
2010–2012 Canterbury
2014–present Kent
First-class debut 3 August 2005 Yorkshire v Bangladesh A
List A debut 23 April 2006 Yorkshire v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 53 67 77
Runs scored 816 187 100
Batting average 15.39 8.13 10.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 55 19 19
Balls bowled 6,888 2,794 1,524
Wickets 130 83 85
Bowling average 31.91 30.36 23.94
5 wickets in innings 2 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/104 4/39 5/26
Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/– 19/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 October 2013

Mitchell Eric Claydon (born 25 November 1982,[1] Fairfield, New South Wales) is an Australian-born English first-class cricketer. He holds a British passport. Claydon is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Claydon signed for Yorkshire in 2005.[1]

Claydon's debut match came as a tailender batsman for a Yorkshire Second XI against a combined Kent and Middlesex XI. Though neither team were victorious, Claydon proved himself economical with the ball. He later played for the team during a Bangladeshi tour of 2005, which saw a Bangladesh A them play against eight first-class counties.

Claydon made his County Championship debut in April of the following year. The match was a rain-affected draw, and Claydon's contribution was neglibile. He made more of an impact in a later County Championship game against Durham in which, batting at number ten and scoring 38, he shared a partnership of 80 with centurion Anthony McGrath. Claydon remained within the Yorkshire Second XI during the early stages of the 2006 Second XI Championship, but was released at the end of that season.[1]

Following his release from Yorkshire, he signed for Durham in time for the beginning of the 2007 season. It was not until 2009 that Claydon began to make an impact at Durham and took 22 wickets in their championship winning side. In 2010, during the English winters, Claydon signed for New Zealand side Canterbury and has continued going back ever since.[2] Ironically, on 11 June 2013, Canterbury became his next stop, this time in England at the home of Kent where he joined on a months loan, which was later extended to a further month.[3] It was announced that he was to join Kent permanently in 2014, but before that he returned to Durham one last time and took 6 wickets in a County Championship game against Sussex.[4]

Career Best Performances

as of 1 October 2013

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 55 Durham v Nottinghamshire Chester-le-Street 2012 6–104 Durham v Somerset Taunton 2011
LA 19 Durham Dynamos v Gloucestershire Gladiators Bristol 2009 4–39 Canterbury Wizards v Otago Volts Timaru 2011
T20 19 Durham Dynamos v Nottinghamshire Outlaws Nottingham 2012 5–26 Durham Dynamos v Nottinghamshire Outlaws Chester-le-Street 2009

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. ↑ "Mitchell Claydon returns to Canterbury for t20 stint". BBC Sport. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Durham seamer makes Kent loan move". BBC Sport. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Claydon and Griffiths sign for Kent". Canterbury Times. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

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