Ned Eckersley

Edmund John Holden "Ned" Eckersley, (born 9 August 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was a core player of Leicestershire from 2011–2018. After his release from Leicestershire he signed for Durham.

Ned Eckersley

Personal information
Full name	Edmund James Holden Eckersley
Born	(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Nickname	Jazza[1]
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman, Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2013	Marylebone Cricket Club
2010	Unicorns
2011–2018	Leicestershire (squad no. 33)
2011	Mountaineers
2019–present	Durham (squad no. 66)
First-class debut	23 August 2011 Leicestershire v Surrey
List A debut	1 August 2008 MCC v Bangladesh A
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 123 44 66 Runs scored 6,518 1,041 702 Batting average 32.10 28.91 15.60 100s/50s 15/23 1/5 0/0 Top score 158 108 43 Balls bowled 88 – – Wickets 2 – – Bowling average 33.50 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 — — Best bowling 2/29 – – Catches/stumpings 220/3 27/1 20/7
Source: CricInfo, 10 August 2020

Career

Eckersley made his List A debut playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2008, having previously played for Middlesex Second XI and the MCC Young Cricketers. His debut, against Bangladesh A, saw him make three catches as wicketkeeper, but he only scored one run.[2] As a member of the MCC Young Cricketers squad, he was chosen to perform 12th man duties in the 2009 Ashes Lord's Test and got the opportunity to field on the fourth day.[3][4]

In 2010, Eckersley was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic one day competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.[5] In 2011, Eckersley was offered a trial at Leicestershire after some impressive performances in 2010 for the MCC Young Cricketers. He spent most of the season with the Second XI, becoming the team's highest scorer, and was rewarded for this late in the 2011 season with a debut for the Leicestershire First XI, against Surrey at Grace Road. He then followed that up with some solid batting displays against Gloucestershire in particular, making his maiden first-class fifty, and taking four catches as wicketkeeper. He then spent the close season playing for Mountaineers in Zimbabwe.

In the 2012 season he made excellent progress with Leicestershire including a six and a half-hour innings against Glamorgan. His score of 137 not out was part of a second wicket stand of 245 with Michael Thornely, and was a career best for him at the time. He followed this with an extremely successful 2013 season, for which he was named CricInfo's breakthrough player of the season.[6] He topped Leicestershire's first-class batting averages, with 1302 runs at 50.07, nearly twice as many runs as any other Leicestershire player. He made four first-class centuries, plus one score of 108 in a 40-over game, and was rewarded with his county cap in September.[7] His season was mired somewhat, however, on 1 September when both himself and Josh Cobb were arrested by police for being drunk and disorderly in Leicester city centre. Both received fines.[8]

Career best performances

as of 28 September 2013

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	147	Leicestershire v Essex	Chelmsford	2013	2-29	Leicestershire v Lancashire	Manchester	2013
LA	108	Leicestershire Foxes v Yorkshire Vikings	Leicester	2013	-
T20	42	Leicestershire Foxes v Derbyshire Falcons	Derby	2013	-

References

1. Shane old stories, 20 July 2009, www.skysports.com. Retrieved on 27 May 2010. Archived 7 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
2. Marylebone Cricket Club v Bangladesh A, 1 August 2008, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
3. Clarke & Haddin frustrate England Archived 13 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 19 July 2009, www.lords.org. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
4. From Indoor School to England Archived 3 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 24 July 2009, www.lords.org. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
5. Cricinfo staff, Unicorns name squad for Clydesdale Bank 40, 13 April 2010, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
6. Dobell, George (3 October 2013). "Durham locals produce stellar year". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
7. Leicestershire County Cricket Club's Ned Eckersley rewarded for fantastic summer with County cap, 3 September 2013, Leicester Mercury. Retrieved on 28 September 2013.
8. Dobell, George (23 September 2013). "Cobb, Eckersley fined by police". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

External links

• Ned Eckersley at ESPNcricinfo