Ned Eckersley
{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ned Eckersley
| image = 2 08 Ned Eckersley.jpg
|caption = Eckersley in 2017
| country = England
| fullname = Edmund James Holden Eckersley
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|8|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
| heightft = 5
| heightinch = 11
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off break
| role = Batsman, Wicket-keeper
| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club
| year1 = 2008–2013
| club2 = Unicorns
| year2 = 2010
| club3 = Leicestershire
| year3 = 2011–2018
| clubnumber3 = 33
| club4 = Mountaineers
| year4 = 2011
| club5 = Durham
| year5 = {{nowrap|2019–2022}}
| clubnumber5 = 66
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 23 August
| debutyear1 = 2011
| debutfor1 = Leicestershire
| debutagainst1 = Surrey
| type2 = LA
| debutdate2 = 1 August
| debutyear2 = 2008
| debutfor2 = MCC
| debutagainst2 = Bangladesh A
| columns = 3
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 139
| runs1 = 7,171
| bat avg1 = 32.30
| 100s/50s1 = 16/27
| top score1 = 158
| deliveries1 = 112
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 37.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/29
| catches/stumpings1 = 248/4
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 46
| runs2 = 1,091
| bat avg2 = 29.48
| 100s/50s2 = 1/5
| top score2 = 108
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 28/1
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 78
| runs3 = 848
| bat avg3 = 16.62
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 50*
| deliveries3 = –
| wickets3 = –
| bowl avg3 = –
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = –
| catches/stumpings3 = 25/7
| date = 25 September
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/300073.html CricInfo
}}
Edmund John Holden Eckersley (born 9 August 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was a core player of Leicestershire from 2011 to 2018. After his release from Leicestershire he signed for Durham
Career
Eckersley made his List A debut playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2008, having previously played for Middlesex Second XI and the MCC Young Cricketers. His debut, against Bangladesh A, saw him make three catches as wicketkeeper, but he only scored one run.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/132/132160.html Marylebone Cricket Club v Bangladesh A], 1 August 2008, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 16 May 2010. As a member of the MCC Young Cricketers squad, he was chosen to perform 12th man duties in the 2009 Ashes Lord's Test and got the opportunity to field on the fourth day.[http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/clarke-haddin-frustrate-england,1388,NS.html Clarke & Haddin frustrate England] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613110027/http://lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/clarke-haddin-frustrate-england,1388,NS.html |date=13 June 2010 }}, 19 July 2009, www.lords.org. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.[http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/from-indoor-school-to-england,1394,NS.html From Indoor School to England] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603050120/http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/from-indoor-school-to-england,1394,NS.html |date=3 June 2010 }}, 24 July 2009, www.lords.org. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.
In 2010, Eckersley was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic one day competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.Cricinfo staff, [http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/455893.html Unicorns name squad for Clydesdale Bank 40], 13 April 2010, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010. In 2011, Eckersley was offered a trial at Leicestershire after some impressive performances in 2010 for the MCC Young Cricketers. He spent most of the season with the Second XI, becoming the team's highest scorer, and was rewarded for this late in the 2011 season with a debut for the Leicestershire First XI, against Surrey at Grace Road. He then followed that up with some solid batting displays against Gloucestershire in particular, making his maiden first-class fifty, and taking four catches as wicketkeeper. He then spent the close season playing for Mountaineers in Zimbabwe.
In the 2012 season he made excellent progress with Leicestershire including a six and a half-hour innings against Glamorgan. His score of 137 not out was part of a second wicket stand of 245 with Michael Thornely, and was a career best for him at the time. He followed this with an extremely successful 2013 season, for which
he was named CricInfo's breakthrough player of the season.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/current/story/676467.html | title=Durham locals produce stellar year | publisher=ESPN CricInfo | date=3 October 2013 | accessdate=3 October 2013 | author=Dobell, George}} He topped Leicestershire's first-class batting averages, with 1302 runs at 50.07, nearly twice as many runs as any other Leicestershire player. He made four first-class centuries, plus one score of 108 in a 40-over game, and was rewarded with his county cap in September.[https://archive.today/20130928102636/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicestershire-CCC-s-Ned-Eckersley-rewarded/story-19743811-detail/story.html%23axzz2g6xBgtRI Leicestershire County Cricket Club's Ned Eckersley rewarded for fantastic summer with County cap], 3 September 2013, Leicester Mercury. Retrieved on 28 September 2013. His season was mired somewhat, however, on 1 September when both he and Josh Cobb were arrested by police for being drunk and disorderly in Leicester city centre. Both received fines.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/673783.html | title=Cobb, Eckersley fined by police | publisher=ESPN CricInfo | date=23 September 2013 | accessdate=3 October 2013 | author=Dobell, George}}
References
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External links
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Category:People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Leicestershire cricketers