Steven Croft (cricketer)
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| Full name | Steven John Croft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 October 1984 Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
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| Nickname | Crofty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder, occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Lancashire Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–present | Lancashire (squad no. 15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 25 May 2005 Lancashire v Oxford UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 29 August 2002 Lancashire CB v Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 May 2017
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Steven John Croft (born 11 October 1984) is an English cricketer who has played for Lancashire County Cricket Club since 2005. He bats right-handed can bowl both medium-fast and off breaks. In 2008 Croft was given the Lancashire members' Player of the Year and One-Day Player of the Year awards. In 2008/09 he played for the Auckland Aces in New Zealand as an overseas player. Awarded his Lancashire cap in 2010, Croft was part of the Lancashire team that won the County Championship in 2011.
Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Croft made his debut for the Lancashire Second XI at the age of 16, in May 2001. He made his first-class Lancashire debut in 2005, having previously made his list A debut for the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2002. He spent the winters of 2005–06 and 2006–07 playing club cricket in Australia.
Croft finished the 2008 season with 585 first-class runs in thirteen matches, with an average of 32.50. He hit one century, his maiden hundred a 122 against Nottinghamshire and three fifties. In one-day matches, he hit 279 runs from thirteen matches, averaging 31. He was also the club's leading wicket-taker with fourteen, at an average of 21.71. In Twenty20 matches he hit 134 runs from eleven matches and took six wickets. He also won the Player of the Month award for August. In September 2008 Croft won two awards for the 2008 season winning the club's members Player of the Year award and the one-day Player of the Year award. At the start of August 2010, Croft was awarded his county cap.
Croft signed a contract to become the overseas player at Auckland Aces, one of six first-class teams clubs in New Zealand for the State championship for the 2008–09 season. In eight first-class matches, he scored 330 runs, including two half-centuries, and averaged 36.66. Croft also played ten list A matches, amassing 209 runs with a single score above 50.
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