Kevin Latouf

{{short description|South African-born English cricketer}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Kevin Latouf

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Kevin John Latouf

| nickname = Latsy{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/kevin-latouf-16846|title=Player Profile: Kevin Latouf|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=4 August 2023}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|9|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 1

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 2005–2008

| clubnumber1 = 28

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 29

| bat avg1 = 29.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 29

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 11

| runs2 = 90

| bat avg2 = 11.25

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 25

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–

| date = 13 August

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16846.html Cricinfo

}}

Kevin John Latouf (born 7 September 1985) is a South African-born English former cricketer.

Latouf was born in South Africa at Pretoria in September 1985. As a child, he moved to England where he was raised in Fareham. He was educated at Millfield on a tennis scholarship, before progressing to Barton Peveril Sixth Form College.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5635538.young-kevin-has-a-big-week/|title=Young Kevin Has a Big Week|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton|date=15 July 2005|accessdate=4 August 2023}} After good form for the Hampshire Second XI in 2005, in which he scored 284 runs at an average of 56.80, Latouf was called up to the England Under-19 team for their Under-19 Test and One Day International (ODI) series against Sri Lanka Under-19s; he played in all three Test and ODI matches in the series.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/54/54102/Under-19_Test_Matches.html|title=Under-19 Test Matches Played by Kevin Latouf|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/54/54102/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|title=Under-19 ODI Matches Played by Kevin Latouf|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} With Kevin Pietersen being called up to England's squad for the 2005 Ashes series, Latouf replaced him in Hampshire's squad for their Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy quarter-final, with him making his debut in List A one-day cricket against Surrey. He would appear in their semi-final victory against Yorkshire, and in the final against Warwickshire at Lord's,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/54/54102/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches Played by Kevin Latouf|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} which Hampshire won by 18 runs, with Latouf taking what was described as a "stunning" catch to help dismiss Nick Knight.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/cricket/hampshire_cricket/3660587.lamb-and-latouf-released-by-hampshire/|title=Lamb and Latouf Released by Hampshire|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton|date=10 September 2008|accessdate=4 August 2023}} In the absence of Pietersen for the remainder of the 2005 season, Latouf also appeared in six one-day matches in the 2005 totesport League.

The following season, he made a single appearance for Hampshire in first-class cricket against Loughborough UCCE at the Rose Bowl.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/54/54102/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches Played by Kevin Latouf|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=4 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 29 runs in Hampshire's only innings by Richard Morris.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/85/85486.html|title=Hampshire v Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, 2006|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} In the proceeding seasons, Latouf found his opportunities at Hampshire limited, with him making just two further one-day appearances, against the West Indies A cricket team in 2006 and Worcestershire in the 2008 Friends Provident Trophy. In eleven one-day appearances, he scored 90 runs at an average of 11.25, with a highest score of 25.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/54/54102/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kevin Latouf|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=4 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} Midway through the 2008 season, he was loaned to Warwickshire for one month, but did not feature for their first eleven.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/hampshire/7469259.stm|title=Hampshire Send Latouf Out On Loan|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 June 2008|access-date=4 August 2023}} He was released by Hampshire at the end of that season, alongside the Zimbabwean Greg Lamb. Following his release, Latouf opened a wine bar and coffee shop in Winchester with rugby union international Chris Robshaw.{{cite news|url=https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/sport/10582038.england-rugby-captain-to-open-coffeewine-bar-in-winchester/|title=England Rugby Captain to Open Coffee/Wine Bar in Winchester|first=Wesley|last=Rock|work=Hampshire Chronicle|location=Winchester|date=31 July 2013|access-date=4 August 2023}} He has since opened a coffee bar with his wife, Flora, in Lagos, Portugal.{{cite web|url=https://thecoffeevine.com/reviews/cafes/portugal/lagos/black-and-white-coffee-in-lagos/|title=Black and White Coffee in Lagos|website=www.thecoffeevine.com|date=11 December 2022|access-date=28 May 2025}}