Rob Newton (cricketer)

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Rob Newton
Personal information
Full name Robert Irving Newton
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)
Taunton, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009– Northamptonshire (squad no. 21)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 57 25 19
Runs scored 2,938 616 199
Batting average 32.64 28.00 13.26
100s/50s 7/11 0/2 0/0
Top score 119* 88* 38
Balls bowled 19 – –
Wickets 0 – –
Bowling average – – –
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling – – –
Catches/stumpings 17/– 3/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 April 2016

Robert Irving "Rob" Newton (born 18 January 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an aggressive right-handed top order batsman. Newton enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school and was tipped by The Wisden Cricketer as 'one to watch'.[1] He made his Northamptonshire first-team debut in 2009.

Early life

Although born in Taunton, he moved from Somerset at an early age to Norfolk.[2] He first recalled playing cricket in the back garden aged four or five.[2] From there he attend Taverham Hall prep school before boarding at Framlingham College in Suffolk.[3] He made his senior club cricket debut for Swardeston in the 2003 season, aged just 13, scoring five runs.[4] After an impressive schools career which included averaging 94.70 as a 15-year-old at Framlingham and also a double century against the MCC,[5] he was awarded a place on the Northants Academy in 2005. From there he regularly played for Northamptonshire under-17's and then from the age of 19, the second XI.[6] Also during this period, he played for England under-17s and captained MCC under-18s.

Career

Newton made his one-day debut for Northamptonshire aged 19 in September 2009 against Middlesex scoring seven.[7] In 2010 people began to take note of his ability after an impressive performance in scoring his maiden one-day fifty against Essex[8] and decent scores in his debut first-class game against Worcestershire when a lot of others around him failed. He scored his first first-class century against Leicestershire in the final game of the 2010 season. A successful 2011 season saw Newton start to establish himself in the Northamptonshire County Championship first team. In six first-class matches so far he has scored 446 runs at an average of 44.6, with a top score and personal best of 113 coming against Middlesex in August. These scores see him ranked as having the third highest first-class batting average of his county in 2011, behind only David Murphy and captain Andrew Hall.,[9] albeit in fewer matches.

References

  1. ↑ Radd, Andrew. (24 June 2009) Enjoyment for Rob as Test stars fall short Northants Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cuffley, David. (10 October 2005) "Rob and Bud England's likely lads" Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Individual pupils performing at an elite level framlinghamcollege.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Swardeston v Mildenhall CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Results archive – 2007 schoolscricketonline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. ↑ Other matches played by Rob Newton (28) CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Scoreboard: Middlesex v Northamptonshire in 2009 CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Northants downed by Essexs Ravi Bopara BBC Sport. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  9. ↑ County Championship Division Two Batting Averages ECB Website. Retrieved 7 September 2011

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