Keith Steele

Howard Keith Chillingworth Steele (6 April 1951 – 7 June 2009) was a New Zealand cricketer, notable legal practitioner and author. In cricket, Steele was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Epsom, Auckland.

Steele won a scholarship to Cambridge University via the Girdlers Scholarship programme, given then to the brightest students in New Zealand. Steele studied law at the University. While there Steele played cricket for the University. His first-class debut for the University against Kent. He played first-class cricket for the University from 1970 to 1972, which amounted to 20 first-class matches. He also played a single first-class match for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Australians. He scored 662 runs at a batting average of 24.51 for the University, with three half centuries and a single century high score of 103*. His highest score, which was also his highest first-class score, came against Sussex in 1972. With the ball he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 52.56, with best figures of 3/16.

It was in 1972 that Steele made his debut in List A cricket for the University against Warwickshire in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup. He played three further List A matches for the University in that season's competition. Steele received his Cambridge Blue in cricket, as well as in rugby union which he played for the University. Having played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cambridgeshire in 1971 against Shropshire, Steele played a single List A match for the county in the 1972 Gillette Cup against Buckinghamshire.