Luke Procter
{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Luke Procter
| image = 3 34 Luke Procter.jpg
| caption = Procter in 2024
| country = England
| fullname = Luke Anthony Procter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|6|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
| role = All-rounder; Captain
| club1 = Lancashire
| year1 = 2009–2017
| clubnumber1 = 2
| club2 = → Northamptonshire (on loan)
| year2 = 2017
| club3 = Northamptonshire
| year3 = {{nowrap|2018–present}}
| clubnumber3 = 2
| type1 = First-class
| debutdate1 = 17 May
| debutyear1 = 2010
| debutfor1 = Lancashire
| debutagainst1 = Warwickshire
| type2 = List A
| debutdate2 = 27 September
| debutyear2 = 2009
| debutfor2 = Lancashire
| debutagainst2 = Warwickshire
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 152
| runs1 = 7,518
| bat avg1 = 35.13
| 100s/50s1 = 9/43
| top score1 = 150
| deliveries1 = 11,060
| wickets1 = 171
| bowl avg1 = 36.08
| fivefor1 = 4
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 7/71
| catches/stumpings1 = 42/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 56
| runs2 = 904
| bat avg2 = 30.13
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5
| top score2 = 97
| deliveries2 = 1,514
| wickets2 = 36
| bowl avg2 = 39.50
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/34
| catches/stumpings2 = 10/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 37
| runs3 = 240
| bat avg3 = 14.11
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 25*
| deliveries3 = 296
| wickets3 = 14
| bowl avg3 = 31.28
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/22
| catches/stumpings3 = 10/–
| date = 23 April
| year = 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/294062.html ESPNcricinfo
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Luke Anthony Procter (born 24 June 1988) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who captains Northamptonshire in first-class cricket.
Career
Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester,{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/player/294062.html | title=Luke Procter | work=Cricinfo | accessdate=13 June 2011}} Procter played for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Trophy in 2007.
=Lancashire=
He first represented Lancashire in the Second XI Championship in 2006, made his List A debut in September 2009, against Warwickshire, opening the batting with Tom Smith, Procter scored 2 runs and suffered a broken thumb. Procter graduated from Lancashire's cricket academy, and after impressing for the Second XI in 2009 (the year he was granted a scholarship) he signed his first professional contract with the club.[http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/engine/current/match/383126.html Lancashire v. Warwickshire – September 2009] Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/lancashire/lancashire,308022,EN.html |title=Montgomery gets second chance |publisher=England Cricket Board |date=29 September 2009 |accessdate=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611031936/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/lancashire/lancashire,308022,EN.html |archive-date=11 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}
In March 2010 Lancashire went to the Caribbean to prepare for the upcoming English season. In a friendly match against Yorkshire Procter suffered a broken left hand while fielding, preventing him from playing cricket for several weeks.{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/cricket/s/1201990_kerrigan_stars_for_lancashire |title=Kerrigan stars for Lancashire |first=Graham |last=Hardcastle |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=26 March 2010 |accessdate=8 February 2012}} He went on to make his County Championship debut in May that year against Warwickshire; he scored 13 runs in the first innings and bowled a single over but he was replaced by fast-bowler James Anderson for the second innings.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/435423.html | title=Warwickshire v Lancashire – Lancs won by 65 runs |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=13 June 2011}} Procter played one further County Championship match that year in September;{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/66/66673/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-class matches played by Luke Procter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=8 February 2012}} he made scores of 19 and 32 and took his maiden first-class wicket, that of Nick Compton leg before wicket.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/263/263034.html |title=f52557 Somerset v Lancashire: LV County Championship 2010 (Division 1) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=8 February 2012}}
Procter's first County Championship match of 2011 was against Sussex in which he scored his first half-century. His innings of 89 runs from 170 balls{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/316/316008.html |title=f53199 Sussex v Lancashire: LV County Championship 2011 (Division 1) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=8 February 2012}} included five sixes off the bowling of spinner Monty Panesar.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/apr/27/sussex-lancashire-county-championship |title=Luke Procter a pest for Sussex's Panesar as Lancashire pile on runs |first=Mike |last=Selvey |newspaper=Guardian |date=27 April 2011 |accessdate=8 February 2012}} He scored one further first-class fifty in 2011 and that year he played seven matches in the County Championship, which was more than he anticipated. Scoring 366 runs, Procter's average of 40.66 was the best for Lancashire in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.lccc.co.uk/news/procters-one-day-aim/4650 |title=Procter's one-day aim |first=Graham |last=Hardcastle |publisher=Lancashire County Cricket Club |accessdate=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225160146/http://www.lccc.co.uk/news/procters-one-day-aim/4650 |archive-date=25 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} In the last match of the season, Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950 when they shared the title.{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/532598.html |title=A triumph against the odds |publisher=Cricinfo |first=Andrew |last=McGlashan |date=16 September 2011 |accessdate=23 September 2011}}
He replaced Will Young as captain for the 2023 County Championship and One-Day Cup. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/63861244]
References
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External links
- {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/66/66673/66673.html}}
- {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/294062.html}}
{{Northamptonshire County Cricket Club squad}}
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Category:Northamptonshire cricket captains
Category:Cumberland cricketers
Category:Lancashire cricketers