Joe Leach
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Full name | Joseph Leach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 (age 33) Stafford, Staffordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Steve Leach (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Leeds/Bradford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–present | Worcestershire (squad no. 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 31 March 2012 Leeds/Bradford MCCU v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 27 April 2012 Worcestershire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: EPSNcricinfo, 19 August 2024 |
Joseph Leach (born 30 October 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire.[1] Leach is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born in Stafford, Staffordshire, and was educated at Shrewsbury School.[2]
Career
Leach made his debut for Staffordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 2008 Minor Counties Championship. The following season he made a further appearance in that competition for the county, against Northumberland at Osborne Avenue, Jesmond.[3] He also made a single appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy in 2009 against Suffolk.[4] Leach joined Shropshire in 2010, making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cumberland.
While studying French and Philosophy at the University of Leeds,[5] Leach made his first appearance for Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2011.[6] The England and Wales Cricket Board conferred first-class status on Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2012, with Leach making his first-class debut against Surrey at The Oval. In Surrey's first-innings of 385 all out, Leach took figures of 4/78 from thirteen overs, the best bowling figures of the innings. In Leeds/Bradford MCCU's first-innings response, Leach was dismissed for a duck by Tom Jewell. In their second-innings, he recorded his maiden first-class half century with a score of exactly 50, before being dismissed by Tim Linley. Leeds/Bradford MCCU narrowly lost the match by 2 runs.
Leach played grade cricket in ACT for North Canberra Gungahlin Cricket Club during 2016–2017 season
He has developed into a key member of Worcestershire's squad, becoming a first-team regular in 2015. In 2016 he was appointed county captain.[7]
References
- ^ "Joe Leach interview: From life in lockdown to the brink of Lord's | The Cricketer". thecricketer.com.
- ^ "Player profile: Joe Leach". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Joe Leach". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Joe Leach". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Player profile: Joe Leach". mccuniversities.org. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Joe Leach". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Worcestershire: Joe Leach replaces Daryl Mitchell as county captain". BBC Sport. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
External links
- Joe Leach at ESPNcricinfo
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Preceded by Daryl Mitchell | Worcestershire County Cricket Captain 2017 to 2021 | Succeeded by |
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- 3 Cobb
- 6 Waite
- 7 Pollock
- 8 Yadvinder Singh
- 9 Roderick (wk)
- 10 Sturgess
- 11 Edavalath
- 12 Taylor
- 13 Cullen (wk)
- 14 Cox
- 15 D'Oliveira (c)
- 19 Amar Virdi
- 20 Smith
- 21 Gibbon
- 23 Leach
- 24 Home
- 25 Khan
- 27 Kashif Ali
- 41 Darley
- 42 Hinley
- 54 Hose
- 61 Finch
- 67 Van Beek
- 77 Brookes
- 84 Hartshorn
- 88 Jones
- Coach: Richardson