Toby Radford

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Toby Radford
Personal information
Full name Toby Alexander Radford
Born (1961-12-03) 3 December 1961 (age 51)
Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002 Hampshire Cricket Board
1998–1999 Berkshire
1996–1997 Sussex
1994–1995 Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 14 6
Runs scored 476 159
Batting average 26.44 31.80
100s/50s –/5 –/1
Top score 69* 82
Balls bowled 6
Wickets 1
Bowling average 0.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/0
Catches/stumpings 13/– –/–

Source: Cricinfo, 11 June 2012

Toby Alexander Radford (born 3 December 1971 Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh cricket coach, cricketer and cricket administrator.

The son of a Welsh journalist Brian Radford, Toby represented Middlesex (1993-1995), Sussex (1996-1997) and Berkshire (1999) as an right-handed opening batsman and an occasional off-spinner in fourteen first-class matches and six List A matches. He also played for England in six Youth Tests with a personal best of 79 versus New Zealand in Auckland.

Upon leaving first-class cricket, he played two full seasons for Berkshire and served the Berkshire Cricket Board as its Cricket Development Officer. After a successful spell as Director of the Middlesex Cricket Academy at Finchley, he was appointed 1st XI Coach by Middlesex on 7 November 2007.[1][2] The highlight of his tenure was when Middlesex won the 2008 Twenty20 Cup.

In addition to winning the Twenty20 Cup, Radford won the Second Eleven Trophy when in charge of that team, gained promotion to the Pro40 League in his first season with the First Eleven and is recognised as having resurrected England Captain Andrew Strauss' international batting career.

Radford then moved on to an elite specialist batting coach, working primarily with the ECB at their training headquarters in Loughborough.

Toby is now working for the West Indies in Barbados.

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