Adam Shantry

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Adam Shantry

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Adam John Shantry

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| nickname = Shants

| heightcm = 190

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium-fast

| role = Bowler

| family = {{ubl|Brian Shantry (father)|Jack Shantry (brother)}}

| club1 = Northamptonshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|2002–2004}}

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Warwickshire

| year2 = 2005–2007

| clubnumber2 =

| club3 = Glamorgan

| year3 = 2008–2011

| clubnumber3 = 5

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 9 May

| debutyear1 = 2003

| debutfor1 = Northants

| debutagainst1 = Cambridge University

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 29 August

| debutyear2 = 2002

| debutfor2 = Northamptonshire Cricket Board

| debutagainst2 = Yorkshire Cricket Board

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 25

| runs1 = 345

| bat avg1 = 16.42

| 100s/50s1 = 1/0

| top score1 = 100

| deliveries1 = 3,378

| wickets1 = 78

| bowl avg1 = 22.11

| fivefor1 = 4

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 5/49

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 11

| runs2 = 48

| bat avg2 = 16.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 19*

| deliveries2 = 360

| wickets2 = 12

| bowl avg2 = 24.66

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 5/37

| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 1

| runs3 = –

| bat avg3 = –

| 100s/50s3 = –

| top score3 = –

| deliveries3 = 12

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 0/–

| date = 9 August

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21407.html

}}

Adam John Shantry (born 13 November 1982) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.

Shantry played for Shropshire as a youngster, joining Northamptonshire in 2003 and then moving to Warwickshire two years later. In 2007 he played two first-class matches for Warwickshire taking four wickets but he was released at the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/test/error/index.html|title=Oops… Looks like something went wrong! This page does not exist or has been moved.|website=www.espncricinfo.com}} He subsequently signed a two-year deal with Glamorgan.[https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20080303193726/http://www.glamorgancricket.com/news_view.php?news_id=1172 Shantry joins Glamorgan] and scored his first ever 100 against Leicestershire on 6 August 2009 he also has a SC. He announced his retirement in August 2011, having failed to recover from a persistent knee injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22428672/injury-forces-adam-shantry-retirement|title=Injury forces Shantry into retirement|date=6 August 2011|website=ESPNcricinfo}} In all he claimed 90 wickets in 32 first-class games at an average 24.60.

Born in Bristol, Shantry's father, Brian also played county cricket, for Gloucestershire.

Shantry is a devoted Bristol City fan and follows them around the country in the cricket off-season. Adam and his family live in Shrewsbury. In January 2017 he was promoted to the role of Cricket Professional at Shrewsbury School. His wife is a Maths teacher at the same school.

In September 2013, Shantry was part of a group who swam the English Channel in memory of former teammate Tom Maynard, who died in 2012. He hopes to raise £10,000 for the Tom Maynard Trust.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/cricket/adam-shantry-braves-cold-swim-6100610|title=Adam Shantry braves cold to swim Channel in Tom Maynard's memory|first=Gareth|last=Griffiths|date=26 September 2013|website=walesonline}}