Keith Medlycott
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Keith Thomas Medlycott is an English
former cricket
er, a left-arm spinner and middle order batsman for Surrey
and Northern Transvaal. He is known in the game as "Medders".
spanned 1984 to 1991, and in List A matches from 1985 to 1991 (but with one final match in 2005).
Of his three first-class centuries, one was made on debut against Cambridge University, whilst another was made in Surrey's record seventh wicket partnership of 262 - with Jack Richards
- against Kent in 1987.
matches. In the winter of 1990 he toured Sri Lanka
with the England A team
.
, appearing for them in one match in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy against Lancashire in 2005, fourteen years after his previous appearance in a List A fixture.
". In 1997 he returned to Surrey as a coach, where he helped secure three County Championship titles and four one-day trophies. He moved on from his position in 2003, and went on to work for the International Cricket Council
as a high performance manager for umpires.
In 2007, Medlycott became cricket professional and coach at Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey.
In February 2009, Medlycott was appointed Director of Cricket at Purley Cricket Club. He is also captain of their team.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
former cricket
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, a left-arm spinner and middle order batsman for Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
and Northern Transvaal. He is known in the game as "Medders".
First class career
Medlycott's career in first-class cricketFirst-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...
spanned 1984 to 1991, and in List A matches from 1985 to 1991 (but with one final match in 2005).
Of his three first-class centuries, one was made on debut against Cambridge University, whilst another was made in Surrey's record seventh wicket partnership of 262 - with Jack Richards
Jack Richards
Jack Richards is an English former cricketer, who played in eight Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988...
- against Kent in 1987.
International career
Medlycott travelled to the West Indies during England’s 1989-90 tour, but did not play in any TestTest cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
matches. In the winter of 1990 he toured Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
with the England A team
England A cricket team
The England Lions cricket team is a cricket team representing England and Wales. It is the "second-tier" of international English cricket below the full England cricket team, and is largely intended as a way for promising young cricketers to gain experience of playing international cricket...
.
Minor level cricket
Medlycott also played for the Minor County BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...
, appearing for them in one match in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy against Lancashire in 2005, fourteen years after his previous appearance in a List A fixture.
Coaching and administration
At the end of 1991, Medlycott was forced into premature retirement at the age of 26 due to developing a tendency to fail to let go of the ball when bowling, known as the bowling "yipsYips
Yips or the yips is an expression used to describe the apparent loss of certain fine motor skills seemingly without explanation in one of a number of different sports....
". In 1997 he returned to Surrey as a coach, where he helped secure three County Championship titles and four one-day trophies. He moved on from his position in 2003, and went on to work for the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
as a high performance manager for umpires.
In 2007, Medlycott became cricket professional and coach at Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey.
In February 2009, Medlycott was appointed Director of Cricket at Purley Cricket Club. He is also captain of their team.
External links
- Keith Medlycott ESPN Cricinfo