Gareth Berg
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Gareth Kyle Berg is a cricket
er who currently plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club
.
Berg, a medium-fast pace bowler, made his first-class cricket
debut for Middlesex
on 24 April 2008 in the county championship match against Glamorgan
.
Berg was born in South Africa and attended the oldest school in the country, South African College School
. He is not a Kolpak player, as he is qualified by residency for England and the fact that he has an Italian passport.
Berg is used more in the one day form of the game by Middlesex
and has performed well so far. Twice in 2009, Middlesex
had a large batting collapse, only for Berg to come in and try and salvage some pride for them.
Also in 2009, against Essex
, Berg recorded both his first first-class half-century, and his best first-class bowling figures.
In 2004, Berg played for Northants 2nd XI. He then had 3 years away from the professional game before a trial in 2007 with Middlesex 2nd's. He was 27 years of age at this point. He was spotted playing with Middlesex
team-mate Kabir Toor
in the home counties premier league for Radlett Cricket Club by John Emburey
in late 2007.
He made his Middlesex
1st team debut at his home club Radlett against England u19's in 2008. Berg had been performing well and had been expected to play in the 2008 Twenty20
campaign only for a back/rib injury to rule him out of the entire tournament.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who currently plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
.
Berg, a medium-fast pace bowler, made his first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
on 24 April 2008 in the county championship match against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
.
Berg was born in South Africa and attended the oldest school in the country, South African College School
South African College Schools
The South African College Schools, commonly referred to as SACS, is a primary and secondary education institution located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1829, it is the oldest school in South Africa and one of four schools expressly named by Cecil John Rhodes to offer an annual...
. He is not a Kolpak player, as he is qualified by residency for England and the fact that he has an Italian passport.
Berg is used more in the one day form of the game by Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
and has performed well so far. Twice in 2009, Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
had a large batting collapse, only for Berg to come in and try and salvage some pride for them.
Also in 2009, against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
, Berg recorded both his first first-class half-century, and his best first-class bowling figures.
In 2004, Berg played for Northants 2nd XI. He then had 3 years away from the professional game before a trial in 2007 with Middlesex 2nd's. He was 27 years of age at this point. He was spotted playing with Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
team-mate Kabir Toor
Kabir Toor
Kabir Singh Toor is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex.Kabir Toor was educated at the St. John's Preparatory School in Northwood before he moved onto the John Lyon School, Harrow and attended the Middlesex Cricket Academy. He has represented Middlesex, South England and England at all...
in the home counties premier league for Radlett Cricket Club by John Emburey
John Emburey
John Ernest Emburey is a former English cricketer, who played for Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Western Province, Berkshire and England....
in late 2007.
He made his Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
1st team debut at his home club Radlett against England u19's in 2008. Berg had been performing well and had been expected to play in the 2008 Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
campaign only for a back/rib injury to rule him out of the entire tournament.