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Ed Young (cricketer)

Ed Young
Personal information
Full name Edward George Christopher Young
Born (1989-05-21) 21 May 1989 (age 27)
Chertsey, Surrey, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010–2013 Gloucestershire (squad no. 30)
First-class debut 11 April 2009 Oxford UCCE v Worcestershire
List A debut 24 July 2010 Unicorns v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 21 38 24
Runs scored 846 271 103
Batting average 33.84 13.55 6.86
100s/50s 1/5 0/1 0/0
Top score 133 50 28
Balls bowled 1,750 1,439 462
Wickets 15 31 18
Bowling average 70.53 40.19 27.83
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/23 3/25 3/21
Catches/stumpings 11/0 11/0 0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2013

Edward George Christopher Young (born 1989) is an English cricketer, a right handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who last played for Gloucestershire. He made his first class debut for Oxford UCCE against Worcestershire in April 2009. Young signed a two-year development contract with Gloucestershire in August 2010 whilst also studying at Oxford Brookes University. Young's older brother, Peter is also a cricketer and has also played 9 first-class games for Oxford UCCE.

born 21 May 1989, Chertsey, Surrey, England, Young made his debut for Oxford UCCE in a 3-day match against Worcestershire. The game was affected by rain with no play on day one. Due to the weather Young bowled only 3 overs for 22 runs and was 0 not out from one ball in a drawn match. Young made his highest first-class score of 133 runs from 179 balls against Lancashire in April 2011. In April 2011 Young scored 80 runs from 111 balls for Oxford against Nottinghamshire in a drawn match, he also took one wicket in the match that of Andy Carter. In late May 2011, Young played for Gloucestershire in a first-class match against Essex. He scored 51 not out in 126 balls in a drawn match at Bristol. In June 2011, Young took 2 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 overs in a Twenty20 loss against Essex. Young also starred with the ball in a Twenty20 match against Hampshire in June 2011. He conceded only 14 runs and took 2 wickets in his maximum 4 overs in a 9 run loss.

In the winter of 2011, Young was part of Darren Lehmann's cricket academy in Adelaide. He returned from this experience to take a more active part in the County Championship during the 2012 season.


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