Sam Northeast
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| Full name | Sam Alexander Northeast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 October 1989 Ashford, Kent |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–present | Kent (squad no. 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 September 2007 Kent v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 16 July 2007 Kent v Sri Lanka A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricInfo, 23 April 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Alexander Northeast (born 16 October 1989) is an English professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls occasional right-arm off spin. He has played his entire professional career for Kent County Cricket Club and was appointed club captain of the Kent side in September 2015.
Northeast was born in Ashford in Kent in 1989 and grew up in Walmer near Dover. He first came to prominence when as a 13-year-old schoolboy he scored 19 hundreds during 2003, 11 for Wellesley House Preparatory School in Broadstairs, more than doubling the record for runs scored in a season for the school which had been set by Graham Cowdrey in 1977. He went on to Harrow School on a sports scholarship, winning a place in the 1st XI at the age of 14 and becoming one of the youngest players to play in the Eton v Harrow match at Lord's and the youngest for 60 years to do so.Kent County Cricket Club sent coaches to work with him at school rather than asking him to travel to Canterbury. He was part of the Harrow cricket team which was touring in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck, escaping injury by climbing on to the roof of the pavilion at Galle.
In 2005 Northeast won seven national cricket awards, including the BBC Test Match Special young cricketer of the year and the Gray-Nicolls best schools cricketer awards. He won a Bunbury scholarship and played for England under–15s. An allround sportsman, Northeast was a national schools rackets champion, a county squash player and cross-country runner, and was offered county trials in football and rugby union. He turned down trials with the England Independent Schools football team and held Kent age-group records in the 400 metres and long-jump.
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