Asher Hart

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Asher Hart

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Asher Hale-Bopp Joseph Arthur Hart

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Carlisle, Cumbria, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Northumberland

| year1 = 2016

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = {{nowrap|2017–2018}}

| clubnumber2 = 28

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 44

| bat avg1 = 14.66

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 36

| deliveries1 = 263

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 22.20

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/17

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 5

| runs2 = 58

| bat avg2 = 11.60

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 21

| deliveries2 = 144

| wickets2 = 3

| bowl avg2 = 48.00

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 2/34

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 18 February

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1026389.html Cricinfo

}}

Asher Hale-Bopp Joseph Arthur Hart (born 30 March 1997) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Hart was born in Carlisle in March 1997. He was educated at Ullswater Community College in Penrith.{{cite book|url=https://issuu.com/ullswatercommunitycollege/docs/20141216_online_success|title=Success|first=John|last=Sadden|date=2014|publisher=Ullswater Community College|pages=30–31|language=en}} An all-rounder, he played minor counties cricket for Northumberland in the 2016 Minor Counties Championship, making a single appearance against Cambridgeshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/991/991128/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Asher Hart|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} Having been associated with the academy and Second XI teams at Durham, Asher signed for Hampshire ahead of the 2017 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.utilitabowl.com/cricket/news/hampshire-sign-promising-all-rounder-asher-hart/|title=Hampshire Sign Promising All-Rounder Asher Hart|website=www.utilitabowl.com|access-date=21 July 2024}} He made his debut for Hampshire in a first-class match against Cardiff MCCU at the Rose Bowl in 2017, with him making a further first-class appearance later in the season against the touring South Africa A cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/991/991128/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Asher Hart|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} In these, he scored 44 runs and took 5 wickets with his medium pace bowling.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/991/991128/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Asher Hart|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 July 2024|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/991/991128/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling and Fielding For Each Team by Asher Hart|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} In February 2018, he was part of the Hampshire team which took part in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 in the West Indies, making five List A one-day appearances in the competition.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/991/991128/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Asher Hart|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} Hart was released by Hampshire at the end of the 2018 season, alongside Calvin Dickinson and Chris Sole.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45797386|title=Hampshire: Calvin Dickinson, Asher Hart and Chris Sole released|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 October 2018|access-date=21 July 2024}}

Following his release by Hampshire, Hart returned to the North of England, where he coaches cricket at Sedbergh School.{{cite web|url=https://summercourses.sedberghschool.org/sedbergh-cricket-academy-with-asher-hart/|title=Sedbergh courses Cricket Academy|website=www.sedberghschool.org|access-date=21 July 2024}}