Sam Northeast
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Sam Alexander Northeast (born 16 October 1989) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman. Northeast made his senior debut in 2007 and until 2017 played for Kent County Cricket Club. He captained the Kent First XI for most of the 2015 season before being formally appointed as club captain in 2016. He captained the side in 2017 before being replaced before the 2018 season after declining to sign a contract extension committing himself to the club in the longer term.
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Full name | Sam Alexander Northeast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989 (age 34) Ashford, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2017 | Kent (squad no. 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Hampshire (squad no. 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | → Yorkshire (on loan) (squad no. 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | → Nottinghamshire (on loan) (squad no. 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 19 September 2007 Kent v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 16 July 2007 Kent v Sri Lanka A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2023 |
After signing for Hampshire in February 2018, Northeast made his debut for the England Lions later in the month against the West Indies A in Antigua. In July 2022, Northeast scored 410 not out in a first-class innings.[1][2]