Derek Kenway
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| Full name | Derek Anthony Kenway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 June 1978 Fareham, Hampshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Richard Kenway (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2005 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 12 August 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derek Anthony Kenway (born 12 June 1978) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, who can also play as a wicketkeeper.
Born in Fareham, Kenway made his first-class debut for home county Hampshire in the 1997 County Championship. The following season he made his List A debut against Glamorgan in the 1998 AXA League. In 1999, he passed 1,000 first-class runs for the season, the only time he would do so in his career, also scoring his maiden first-class century in that season. By 2001, Kenway was firmly established within the Hampshire team, having up to that point had some success as a batsman for the county. Following strong performances in first-class and List A cricket in 2001, Kenway was Hampshire Cricket Society Player of the Year.
His early promise, indeed being touted as a future England player, led to his inclusion in the inaugural ECB National Academy tour to Australia in 2001/02. Included on this tour were future and in some cases current England players such as Andrew Flintoff, Andrew Strauss, Simon Jones and then Hampshire teammate Chris Tremlett. It was during this period that Kenway was considered at his fittest physically, something he was often cited as having little of during his career.
Despite the early promise, Kenway's career proceeded to fall away following his academy call-up and tour to Australia. In the proceeding 4 seasons, his first-class average hovered on average around the mid-twenties. His form in List A cricket was slightly more consistent, scoring 533 runs from 17 matches and hitting his maiden one-day century against Somerset, following that up a few matches later with an unbeaten 120 against the touring Zimbabweans.
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