Steven Cheetham
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Steven Philip Cheetham is an English cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who plays for Lancashire
. He was born in Oldham
, Greater Manchester
, and attended Bury Grammar School
. Cheetham, who also plays local league cricket for Heywood Cricket Club, made his Second XI debut back in 2005. Cheetham is a tailend batsman within the Second XI lineup along with team-mate Gaurav Dhar. He has recently spent six months over in Australia playing for Cheltenham Cricket Club, a local Melbourne side where he took 34 wickets at an average of 13.80, including a hat-trick in the semi final against Old Mentonians.
in a match between Lancashire and Durham University
in April 2007. He didn't bat, although recorded bowling figures of no wickets for 83 runs (0/83) in the first innings and 1/44 in the second. A year later, Cheetham played his maiden list A match; on 18 May, Lancashire played Durham
. Cheetham took 2/39 as Lancashire lost by six runs. Until his loan to Surrey towards the end of the 2010 season, Cheetham played five list A matches for Lancashire, including one against each of the Bangladesh and West Indies A teams.
until the end of the 2010 season on loan. With limited opportunities to play first-team cricket at Lancashire, there was a greater chance to play at Surrey who at the time had suffered injuries to their bowling attack. According to Chris Adams, Surrey's cricket manager, "Steven is a young bowler with terrific physical attributes, who bowls wicket to wicket and is very much at the start of his career". Drafted straight into the team, Cheetham played his first match for Surrey the same day. In what was a rain-effected match against Glamorgan
, Cheetham conceded 61 runs from 4 overs, taking a wicket as Surrey won. While with Surrey, Cheetham played just his second first-class match; his first in three years. The second-division match against Leicestershire
was curtailed by rain, and in an effort to contrive a result, Surrey used declaration bowling and then forfeited an innings to set up a run-chase. Consequentailly, Cheetham didn't bowl in Leicestershire's first innings, although he took 2/71 in the second as the match headed for a draw. In a match against The Unicorns
on 22 August, Cheetham took 4 wickets for 32 runs while opening the bowling, beating his previous best figures in list A cricket.
Following an injury to Lancashire captain and bowler Glen Chapple
in September, Cheetham was recalled early from his stint with Surrey. In October 2011, having been unable to break into Lancashire's first-team which won the County Championship, Cheetham was released by the club.
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. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who plays for 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...
. He was born in Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, and attended Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is an independent grammar school in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, that has existed since Kev Cryer was born, c.1570. The current headmaster is the Reverend Steven Harvey MA. The previous headmaster, Keith Richards MA, retired after sixteen years of headmastership on 7...
. Cheetham, who also plays local league cricket for Heywood Cricket Club, made his Second XI debut back in 2005. Cheetham is a tailend batsman within the Second XI lineup along with team-mate Gaurav Dhar. He has recently spent six months over in Australia playing for Cheltenham Cricket Club, a local Melbourne side where he took 34 wickets at an average of 13.80, including a hat-trick in the semi final against Old Mentonians.
Lancashire
Steven Cheetham made his debut 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...
in a match between Lancashire and Durham University
Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence
Durham MCC University is a cricket coaching centre based at Durham University in Durham, County Durham, England and the name under which the university's cricket team plays....
in April 2007. He didn't bat, although recorded bowling figures of no wickets for 83 runs (0/83) in the first innings and 1/44 in the second. A year later, Cheetham played his maiden list A match; on 18 May, Lancashire played Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham 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 Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
. Cheetham took 2/39 as Lancashire lost by six runs. Until his loan to Surrey towards the end of the 2010 season, Cheetham played five list A matches for Lancashire, including one against each of the Bangladesh and West Indies A teams.
On loan to Surrey
On 4 August 2010, Cheetham moved to SurreySurrey 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...
until the end of the 2010 season on loan. With limited opportunities to play first-team cricket at Lancashire, there was a greater chance to play at Surrey who at the time had suffered injuries to their bowling attack. According to Chris Adams, Surrey's cricket manager, "Steven is a young bowler with terrific physical attributes, who bowls wicket to wicket and is very much at the start of his career". Drafted straight into the team, Cheetham played his first match for Surrey the same day. In what was a rain-effected 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...
, Cheetham conceded 61 runs from 4 overs, taking a wicket as Surrey won. While with Surrey, Cheetham played just his second first-class match; his first in three years. The second-division match against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
was curtailed by rain, and in an effort to contrive a result, Surrey used declaration bowling and then forfeited an innings to set up a run-chase. Consequentailly, Cheetham didn't bowl in Leicestershire's first innings, although he took 2/71 in the second as the match headed for a draw. In a match against The Unicorns
Unicorns (cricket team)
Unicorns is a cricket team in England that was formed in 2010 specifically to play in the Clydesdale Bank 40 limited overs competition. Members of the squad are all players without current full-time contracts with one of the regular first-class counties....
on 22 August, Cheetham took 4 wickets for 32 runs while opening the bowling, beating his previous best figures in list A cricket.
Following an injury to Lancashire captain and bowler Glen Chapple
Glen Chapple
Glen Chapple is an English cricketer. He is an all-rounder, and represented the national team in a One Day International, as well as performing well for Lancashire over many years. He bowls right-arm fast-medium, and is a right-handed batsman...
in September, Cheetham was recalled early from his stint with Surrey. In October 2011, having been unable to break into Lancashire's first-team which won the County Championship, Cheetham was released by the club.
External links
- Steven Cheetham at Cricket Archive
- Steven Cheetham at VTCA
- Steven Cheetham at Cheltenham C.C