Neil Kendrick
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Neil Michael Kendrick is a former English cricket
er. Kendrick was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Bromley
, Kent
.
for Surrey
where he made his first-class
debut for the county against Cambridge University
. His debut in the County Championship
came in the same 1989 season against Gloucestershire
. From 1988 to 1994, he represented the county in 55 first-class matches, the last of which came against Hampshire
in the 1994 County Championship. In his 55 first-class matches for Surrey, he scored 862 runs at a batting average
of 16.26, with a 3 half centuries and a high score of 55. In the field he took 47 catches. With the ball he took 133 wickets for the county at a bowling average
of 36.27, with 6 five wicket hauls and a single ten wicket haul in a match. His best figures were 7/115.
In 1990, Kendrick made his List-A debut for the county against Warwickshire
in the 1990 Refuge Assurance League. From 1990 to 1994, he represented the county in 10 List-A matches, the last of which came against Hampshire.
For the 1995 season, Kendrick moved to Glamorgan
where he made his first-class debut for the county against Matabeleland
during Glamorgan's tour of Zimbabwe
. His debut in the County Championship came against Somerset
in 1995. From 1995 to 1996, he represented the county in 26 first-class matches, the last of which came against Kent
. In his 26 first-class matches he scored 344 runs at an average of 14.95, with a single half century which gave him his career high score of 59, which came against Surrey in 1995. With the ball he took 46 wickets at an average of 44.91, with best figures of 4.70. He did not represent the county in List-A cricket.
in 1997. He made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Oxfordshire
. From 1997 to 1998, he represented the county in 18 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship. He also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy
for Berkshire against Shropshire
in 1997. From 1997 to 1998, he represented the county in 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Kent Cricket Board
.
He also represented Berkshire in a single List-A cricket against Lancashire
in the 1997 NatWest Trophy
. Two years later he played his final List-A match while representing the Surrey Cricket Board
against Cheshire
in the 1999 NatWest Trophy
. In his overall career List-A matches, he scored 55 runs at an average of 18.33, with a high score of 24. With the ball he took 12 wickets at an average of 38.91, with best figures of 3/21.
He is now a schoolmaster at Whitgift School
where he also coaches 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. Kendrick was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Bromley
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
.
First-class career
He made his debut in County CricketCounty cricket
County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...
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...
where he made his first-class
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 the county against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. His debut in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
came in the same 1989 season against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
. From 1988 to 1994, he represented the county in 55 first-class matches, the last of which came against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
in the 1994 County Championship. In his 55 first-class matches for Surrey, he scored 862 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 16.26, with a 3 half centuries and a high score of 55. In the field he took 47 catches. With the ball he took 133 wickets for the county at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 36.27, with 6 five wicket hauls and a single ten wicket haul in a match. His best figures were 7/115.
In 1990, Kendrick made his List-A debut for the county against Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
in the 1990 Refuge Assurance League. From 1990 to 1994, he represented the county in 10 List-A matches, the last of which came against Hampshire.
For the 1995 season, Kendrick moved to 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...
where he made his first-class debut for the county against Matabeleland
Matabeleland cricket team
Matabeleland cricket team was a first-class cricket team representing the Matabeleland province in Zimbabwe. They competed in the Logan Cup from 1994 until the format was revamped in 2007....
during Glamorgan's tour of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
. His debut in the County Championship came against Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset 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 Somerset...
in 1995. From 1995 to 1996, he represented the county in 26 first-class matches, the last of which came against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
. In his 26 first-class matches he scored 344 runs at an average of 14.95, with a single half century which gave him his career high score of 59, which came against Surrey in 1995. With the ball he took 46 wickets at an average of 44.91, with best figures of 4.70. He did not represent the county in List-A cricket.
Later career
After leaving Glamorgan, Kendrick joined BerkshireBerkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire 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 Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy....
in 1997. He made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. From 1997 to 1998, he represented the county in 18 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship. He also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
for Berkshire against Shropshire
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire 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 Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in 1997. From 1997 to 1998, he represented the county in 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Kent Cricket Board
Kent Cricket Board
The Kent Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Kent.From 1999 to 2004 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament.-Structure:...
.
He also represented Berkshire in a single List-A cricket against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
in the 1997 NatWest Trophy
1997 NatWest Trophy
The 1997 NatWest Trophy was the 17th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 7 September 1997...
. Two years later he played his final List-A match while representing the Surrey Cricket Board
Surrey Cricket Board
The Surrey Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Surrey.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
against Cheshire
Cheshire County Cricket Club
Cheshire 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 Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the 1999 NatWest Trophy
1999 NatWest Trophy
The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999...
. In his overall career List-A matches, he scored 55 runs at an average of 18.33, with a high score of 24. With the ball he took 12 wickets at an average of 38.91, with best figures of 3/21.
He is now a schoolmaster at Whitgift School
Whitgift School
Whitgift School is an independent day school educating approximately 1,400 boys aged 10 to 18 in South Croydon, London in a parkland site.- History and grounds :...
where he also coaches cricket.
External links
- Neil Kendrick at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Neil Kendrick at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...