- Darren Stevens (cricketer)
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Darren Stevens Personal information Full name Darren Ian Stevens Born 30 April 1976
Leicester, EnglandHeight 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Batting all-rounder Domestic team information Years Team 2005–present Kent (squad no. 3) 2010 Mid West Rhinos 1997–2004 Leicestershire Career statistics Competition FC LA T20 Matches 176 229 91 Runs scored 9,157 5,777 1,848 Batting average 34.29 30.40 28.43 100s/50s 22/43 4/37 0/8 Top score 208 133 77 Balls bowled 7,578 2,591 792 Wickets 109 60 42 Bowling average 34.82 35.90 23.78 5 wickets in innings 1 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 6/60 5/32 4/14 Catches/stumpings 134/– 87/– 27/– Source: Cricinfo, 29 May 2011 Darren Ian Stevens (born 30 April 1976 in Leicester) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.[1]
Career
Stevens made his debut for his home county of Leicestershire in 1997. His first century came in his fourth match, two years later against Sussex.[2] This innings earned him a seal of approval (as well as a painting) from Colin Cowdrey.[1][3] He remained, however, on the fringes of the side with Aftab Habib and Ben Smith being preferred in the Leicestershire middle-order. After a strong season in 2002, when he scored 850 runs at an average of 32.69, he was called up to England's Academy squad in Australia[4] and was included in their 30-man squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[5]
After two average seasons for Leicestershire, Stevens was released and joined Kent for the 2005 season.[6] He made a very good start to his Kent career, scoring over 1,000 runs in a season for the first time in his career.[1] 2006 proved to be disappointing by comparison, yet he still averaged 39. His performances in the Pro40 League, however, brought Kent to the verge of promotion.
His highest first-class innings is 208, which he achieved while playing for Kent against Glamorgan in 2005.[3] His best bowling analysis is 6 for 60, against Essex in 2011.[7] He won Kent's Player of the Year award in 2005 and again in 2010.[3][8][9]
In 2007 Darren helped the Kent Spitfires win the Twenty20 Cup, scoring an unbeaten 30 including the winning runs, against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston.[10] However a week later he injured a groin muscle whilst top-scoring in Kent's victory over Durham[11] and did not bowl for the rest of the season.
References
- ^ a b c Cricinfo. "Darren Stevens player profile". http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20367.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ CricketArchive. "Sussex v Leicestershire in 1999". http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/68/68102.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ a b c The Cricketer's Who's Who. Green Umbrella Publishing. 2007. pp. 598–599. ISBN 9781905828265.
- ^ Cricinfo (2002-09-10). "Stevens named in final Academy squad". http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/123100.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ Cricinfo (2002-12-07). "England name initial 30-man World Cup squad". http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/112895.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ Cricinfo (2004-11-03). "Darren Stevens signs for Kent". http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/141395.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ Sky Sports (2011-04-11). "Joseph finishes off Essex". http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_6859861,00.html. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Kent County Cricket Club Annual 2006. Kent County Cricket Club. 2006.
- ^ BBC Sport (2010-09-15). "Darren Stevens' pride at being named Kent's top player". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/9001547.stm. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ Cricinfo (2007-08-04). "Kent take Twenty20 in thrilling final". http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/305547.html. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ BBC Sport (2007-08-12). "Stevens haul earns Kent victory". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/6942856.stm. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
External links
Kent County Cricket Club – current squad Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Leicestershire cricketers
- Kent cricketers
- Otago cricketers
- People from Leicester
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