Sam Northeast

Sam Northeast
Personal information
Full name Sam Alexander Northeast
Born (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989
Ashford, Kent, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–present Kent (squad no. 17)
FC debut 19 September 2007 Kent v Durham
LA debut 16 July 2007 Kent v Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 123 71 76
Runs scored 7,511 1,951 1,937
Batting average 38.51 32.51 32.28
100s/50s 16/41 2/11 1/13
Top score 191 132 114
Balls bowled 178 – –
Wickets 1 – –
Bowling average 147.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/60 – –
Catches/stumpings 64/– 22/– 18/–
Source: CricInfo, 26 September 2016

Sam Alexander Northeast (born 16 October 1989) is an English professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls occasional right-arm off spin. He has played his entire professional career for Kent County Cricket Club and was appointed club captain of the Kent side in September 2015.

Early life

Northeast was born in Ashford in Kent in 1989 and grew up in Walmer near Dover.[1] He first came to prominence when as a 13-year-old schoolboy he scored 19 hundreds during 2003, 11 for Wellesley House Preparatory School in Broadstairs, more than doubling the record for runs scored in a season for the school which had been set by Graham Cowdrey in 1977.[1][2][3] He went on to Harrow School on a sports scholarship,[4] winning a place in the 1st XI at the age of 14 and becoming one of the youngest players to play in the Eton v Harrow match at Lord's and the youngest for 60 years to do so.[2][3][5] Kent County Cricket Club sent coaches to work with him at school rather than asking him to travel to Canterbury. He was part of the Harrow cricket team which was touring in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck, escaping injury by climbing on to the roof of the pavilion at Galle.[2][3][4][6]

In 2005 Northeast won seven national cricket awards, including the BBC Test Match Special young cricketer of the year and the Gray-Nicolls best schools cricketer awards.[3] He won a Bunbury scholarship and played for England under–15s.[3] An allround sportsman, Northeast was a national schools rackets champion,[3] a county squash player and cross-country runner, and was offered county trials in football and rugby union.[2] He turned down trials with the England Independent Schools football team and held Kent age-group records in the 400 metres and long-jump.[3]

Cricket career

In 2005 he made his Kent 2nd XI debut against Derbyshire Second XI, scoring 96.[2][3][4][6] In 2006 he was included in a John Paul Getty XI against the touring Sri Lankans, top scoring with 62 not out against a strong Sri Lankan side containing international bowlers.[3][6] In July 2007 he scored a hundred for Harrow against Eton at Lord's.

Northeast made his Kent first team debut in a List A cricket match against a touring Sri Lanka A team in July 2007, although the match was abandoned before he had the chance to bat. He went on to make his first class cricket debut for Kent on 19 September 2007 in their final County Championship game of the season, against Durham at the St Lawrence Ground.

In July 2009 Northeast showed good form for England Under 19s against Bangladesh. In the 2nd Under-19 Test match at Derby he scored 107 in the first innings and 149 in the second innings. He followed this with scores of 123, 41 and 62 in the One Day Internationals, top scoring on each occasion.

In 2012 Northeast scored 880 runs at an average of 55, despite at times being relegated to the 2nd XI. He was awarded his county cap in August[7] and was named Kent's Batsman of the Year after scoring over 1400 runs in all competitions. At the end of the season he signed a new contract for a further year. He scored his first limited over century on 20 June 2013, making 115 against the Sussex Sharks, in a world record run chase in a 40 over match.[8]

Northeast was appointed Kent’s vice-captain in 2014 and acted as the on-field captain for the side throughout most of the 2015 season, including in all one-day matches.[9][10][11] He was touted as a future captain by former Kent captain David Fulton[12] and Darren Stevens.[13] He scored 2,007 runs in all formats and was chosen in the Professional Cricketers' Association Team of 2015.[14]

Northeast was appointed as Kent club captain for the 2016 season on 30 September 2015.[15]

Career Best Performances

as of 25 October 2016

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Best bowling (innings) Fixture Venue Season
First-class cricket 191 Kent v Derbyshire Canterbury 2016 1/60 Kent v Gloucestershire Cheltenham 2013
List A cricket 132 Kent Spitfires v Somerset Taunton 2014 –
Twenty20 114 Kent Spitfires v Somerset Taunton 2015 –

References

  1. 1 2 Schoolboy's amazing run spree, Kent Online, 2003-07-14. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Buckley W (2006) Teen Spirit, The Guardian, 2006-05-14. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pennell M (2006) Rising star: Sam Northeast, 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  4. 1 2 3 McGlasham A (2006) Northeast heading in right direction, CricInfo, 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  5. ↑ Lord's honour for young cricketer, Kent Online, 2004-07-01. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  6. 1 2 3 Northeast underlines his class, CricInfo, 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  7. ↑ Coles and Northeast honoured with county caps in Canterbury Week presentation, Kent County Cricket Club, 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  8. ↑ Sam Northeast savours his first one-day century, BBC Sport, 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  9. ↑ Harvey R (2015) Sam Northeast rising to the challenge of being Kent captain after Rob Key decided to take a short break, Kent Online, 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  10. ↑ Kent: Rob Key remains as club captain as Northeast leads side, BBC sport website, 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  11. ↑ Kent's rowdy bunch find their stride in T20, ESPNcricinfo, 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  12. ↑ Former Kent captain David Fulton says Sam Northeast would do a good job as skipper if Rob Key decided to relinquish the role permanently, Kent Online, 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  13. ↑ Harvey R (2013) Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens gives backing to Sam Northeast as a future Kent captain, Kent Online, 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  14. ↑ Northeast and Coles in PCA Team of 2015, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  15. ↑ Sam Northeast: Kent appoint batsman as club captain, BBC sport website, 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Robert Key		 Kent County Cricket Club captain
2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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