Steven Kirby
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Steven Paul Kirby | |||
| Born | 4 October 1977 Bury, Greater Manchester, England |
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| Nickname | Tango | |||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2011– | Somerset (squad no. 9) | |||
| 2005–2010 | Gloucestershire | |||
| 2001–2004 | Yorkshire | |||
| First Class debut | 6 June 2001 Yorkshire v Kent | |||
| List A debut | 8 July 2001 Yorkshire v Northamptonshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | T20 | |
| Matches | 147 | 86 | 60 | |
| Runs scored | 1,212 | 88 | 66 | |
| Batting average | 8.35 | 4.19 | 4.12 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 57 | 15 | 25 | |
| Balls bowled | 26,012 | 3,485 | 1,129 | |
| Wickets | 522 | 117 | 67 | |
| Bowling average | 28.17 | 28.13 | 22.01 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 4 | n/a | n/a | |
| Best bowling | 8/80 | 5/36 | 3/17 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 29/– | 15/– | 12/– | |
| Source: Cricket Archive, 8 October 2011 | ||||
Steven Paul Kirby (born 4 October 1977, Bury, Greater Manchester, England) is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Somerset and England A.
Having previously played for both Yorkshire[1] and Gloucestershire, up to the end of the 2006 season he had taken 278 first class wickets in 76 matches at 30.01 and another 31 wickets in 37 one day games. Kirby has also played for the MCC against 2007 county champions Sussex, taking 4-39.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Yorkshire
He was a vital part of Yorkshire's County Championship winning side in 2001 in his first season in the first class game and had a fairy tale start to his career. Called up after the match had started to replace a test bound Matthew Hoggard, Kirby skittled Kent to claim 7 for 50. His third game for Yorkshire thrust him into the fray against Leicestershire, his former employers who had sacked him without a first-class appearance. Kirby won the match for Yorkshire with match figures of 12 for 72. He went on to take 47 championships wickets at 20.85.
His belligerent personality has seen him in regular confrontations with opposing batsmen, and occasionally umpires. He is renowned as one of the best, if most obscure, 'sledgers' in the game. In dismissing Mike Atherton twice, in Atherton's last County Championship game, Kirby remarked that he had 'seen better batters in my fridge'.[citation needed]
Kirby struggled to repeat his success in his second season, claiming 37 wickets at 34.00, and 2004 brought only 31 wickets at 36.00 thanks in part to a nagging back problem.
[edit] Gloucestershire
He moved to Gloucestershire in 2005.
[edit] Somerset
On 13 September 2010, it was announced that Kirby would join Somerset for the 2011 season, on a three year contract.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ^ Somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk
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