Sam Robson
{{short description|English cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sam Robson
| image = 3 08 Sam Robson.jpg
| caption = Robson in 2024
| country = England
| fullname = Sam David Robson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm leg break
| role = Batsman
| family = Angus Robson (brother)
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 12 June
| testdebutyear = 2014
| testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| testcap = 664
| lasttestdate = 15 August
| lasttestyear = 2014
| lasttestagainst = India
| club1 = Middlesex
| year1 = 2008–present
| clubnumber1 = 12
| columns = 4
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 336
| bat avg1 = 30.54
| 100s/50s1 = 1/1
| top score1 = 127
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| column2 = FC
| matches2 = 218
| runs2 = 13,635
| bat avg2 = 38.08
| 100s/50s2 = 36/52
| top score2 = 253
| deliveries2 = 819
| wickets2 = 17
| bowl avg2 = 36.52
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/46
| catches/stumpings2 = 214/–
| column3 = LA
| matches3 = 46
| runs3 = 1,603
| bat avg3 = 38.16
| 100s/50s3 = 3/11
| top score3 = 111
| deliveries3 = 320
| wickets3 = 10
| bowl avg3 = 35.70
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 2/12
| catches/stumpings3 = 22/–
| column4 = T20
| matches4 = 7
| runs4 = 128
| bat avg4 = 25.60
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score4 = 60
| deliveries4 = –
| wickets4 = –
| bowl avg4 = –
| fivefor4 = –
| tenfor4 = –
| best bowling4 = –
| catches/stumpings4 = 3/–
| date = 25 May
| year = 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/player/272485.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Sam David Robson (born 1 July 1989) is an Australian-born English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/player/272485.html|title=Sam Robson|work=ESPNcricinfo}}
He is a right-handed batsman and occasional legbreak bowler. Born to an Australian father and English mother, Robson played under-19 cricket for Australia but qualified for England in August 2013.
In 2012 he became the first batsman to score a first-class hundred in England in the month of March.
Career
Born 1 July 1989 in Paddington, New South Wales, Robson was educated at Marist College Pagewood{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/113/113418/113418.html|title=Player profile: Sam Robson|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}} before moving to Marcellin College Randwick. Robson had also attended Sydney Boys High School in Year 10, playing in the school's 1st XI in the GPS{{clarify|date=September 2018}}.{{Cite journal |date=21 October 2005 |title=High Talent |url=http://www.sydneyboyshigh.com/publications/document-library/doc_view/7613-high-notes-vol-6-no-31-october-21-2005 |journal=High Notes |issue=31 |publisher=Sydney Boys High School |volume=6}}{{Cite journal |date=4 March 2005 |title=Cricket |url=http://www.sydneyboyshigh.com/publications/high-notes/archive/vol6no5 |journal=High Notes |issue=5 |publisher=Sydney Boys High School |volume=6}}{{cite web|url=http://portals.studentnet.edu.au/sports/uploads/DocArchive/DOCARC0001197.htm|title=AAGPS Cricket 1st XI Round 3 Day 1|publisher=|accessdate=25 January 2017|archive-date=22 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322175310/http://portals.studentnet.edu.au/SPORTS/uploads/DocArchive/DOCARC0001197.htm|url-status=dead}} His Australian father, Jim Robson, played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club against Ireland in 1979{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/100/100647.html|title=Worcestershire v Ireland in 1979|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}} and now works at the Sydney Cricket Ground.{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/returning-robson-a-grand-plan-20130815-2rzlv.html | title=Returning Robson a grand plan | date= 16 August 2013 | first=Chris | last= Barrett | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Sam's younger brother Angus also played first-class cricket.{{cite web | url=http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/lc/Cricket/Player-Profiles/Angus-Robson | title=Angus Robson | publisher=Leicestershire County Cricket Club | date=2012}}
Robson played cricket for New South Wales Under-17s, New South Wales Under-19s, the Australia Under-19 cricket team, the University of New South Wales, and Eastern Suburbs.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/396423.html|title=Middlesex show their strength in depth|work=ESPNcricinfo}} He left Sydney after school as he was stuck behind Usman Khawaja, his schoolmate Phillip Hughes, and others in the NSW pecking order.{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/robsons-pledge-to-english-cricket-complicates-home-calling-20130817-2s3is.html | title=Robson's pledge to English cricket complicates home calling | date= 18 August 2013 | first=Chris | last= Barrett | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}} He started to play for the Middlesex 2nd XI in 2008, and played his first List A match for Middlesex against Worcestershire in the NatWest Pro40 League on 14 September 2008.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/113/113418/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A matches played by Sam Robson|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}} He played Grade cricket in Sydney in 2008-9.
Robson made his first-class debut in June 2009, scoring 43 and 23 for Middlesex against Essex County Cricket Club at Chelmsford.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/383001.html|title=Essex v Middlesex at Chelmsford, Jun 6-9, 2009 - Cricket Scorecard|work=ESPNcricinfo}} He is a "wiry Australian who loves the circuit" and, according to Cricinfo's Mark Pennell, "With an English mother and a UK passport to his name, he looks to be a decent find." In his debut season of 2009, he recorded his maiden first-class century, opening the batting against Essex at Lord's in August.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/current/story/419054.html|title=Young Aussie Robson makes his mark|work=ESPNcricinfo}} He was eventually out for 110{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/countycricket2009/engine/current/match/383030.html|title=Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, Aug 11-14, 2009 - Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
On 31 March 2012, on the first day of a three-day match against Durham MCC University, Robson made cricket history by becoming the first batsman to score a first-class hundred in England in the month of March.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/559445.html|title=County news : County news: Sam Robson hundred makes history - Cricket News - County Cricket 2012|work=ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/engine/match/542463.html|title=Middlesex v Durham MCCU at Northwood, Mar 31-Apr 2, 2012 - Cricket Scorecard |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
International qualification
Robson has British and Australian nationality but played for Australia in nine Under-19 ODIs against Pakistan in April and October 2007.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/113/113418/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|title=Under-19 ODI Matches played by Sam Robson|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}} He was expected to qualify for England by residency in the summer of 2014 but achieved it unexpectedly early, in August 2013. In order to play for Middlesex on his British passport he signed a document stating his desire and intention to play for and qualify for England but by 2013 had not committed to either Australia or England at senior level.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/629786.html | title=Rogers praise for 'England's' Robson | first=George | last=Dobell | date=13 April 2013 | work=ESPNcricinfo}} His captain at Middlesex, fellow Aussie Chris Rogers, said that Robson considered a return to Australia but "I think his future is in England", while the Middlesex director of cricket Angus Fraser said in August 2013 "I'm pretty sure that it'll be playing for England". Robson has expressed a clear commitment to Middlesex as he views the County Championship as the best tournament for his development as a cricketer, but under current rules as a dual national he would be treated as an Australian player if he played for an Australian state side and thus would be treated as an overseas player at Middlesex. Cricket Australia changed their rules in August 2013 to allow dual nationals to be treated as overseas players in Australia, so that he could play for NSW in the 2013–14 Sheffield Shield season without compromising his status at Middlesex, which could lead to him playing for the Australian Test side. However, in June 2014 he was named in the England Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.{{cite web |title=Chris Jordan, Sam Robson & Moeen Ali in England Test squad |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27694656 |work=BBC Sport |date=5 June 2014 |accessdate=17 July 2016}} He made his debut in the first Test, scoring 1 and 19,{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 1st Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 12-16, 2014 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/engine/match/667899.html?version=iframe |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=12 June 2014 |accessdate=12 June 2014 }} before making his maiden Test century with 127 in the first innings of the second Test.{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 2nd Test: England v Sri Lanka at Headingley, Jun 20-24, 2014 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/engine/match/667901.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 June 2014 |accessdate=23 June 2014 }}
International career
Robson has played in seven Test matches for England, all in 2014. He was named in the England squad to face Sri Lanka on their tour of England in June, making his debut in the first Test. In his second international he scored his only Test cricket century, making 127 runs in England's first innings.
Robson retained his place for the first Test against India, making a half century in the match. He went on to play in the other four matches of the tour, although he was not able to make more than 37 runs in an innings.
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=272485}}
- [http://www.wisdenindia.com/player/England/Sam-Robson/3991.html Sam Robson]'s profile page on Wisden
{{Middlesex County Cricket Club squad}}
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