Kevin Sharp (cricketer)
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| Full name | Kevin Sharp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 April 1959 Leeds, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Sharp (born 6 April 1959, Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is an English former first-class cricketer, who had a fourteen-year first-class career playing for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Griqualand West cricket team.[1] He was a left-handed batsman and bowled right-arm offspin.
Unlike his contemporary David Gower, this curly haired left-handed batsman failed to do justice to his talent, and did not win the England cap predicted, after he scored 260* for England Young Cricketers in 1978.
Sharp made his first-class debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1976, and was awarded his cap in 1982.[1] As well as Yorkshire, he spent three seasons with Griqualand West in South Africa between 1981 and 1984, playing seventeen first-class matches, and averaging just under 40.
After finishing his Yorkshire first-class career in 1990,[1] Sharp played for Shropshire in the Minor Counties from 1993 to 1997.
After retiring from the game he has worked as a batting coach for Yorkshire, and as an umpire.