Simon Guy

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Simon Guy

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Simon Mark Guy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|11|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 7

| batting = Right-handed

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Yorkshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|2000–2011}}

| clubnumber1 = 23

| club2 = Suffolk

| year2 = {{nowrap|2012–2015}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 24 May

| debutyear1 = 2000

| debutfor1 = Yorkshire

| debutagainst1 = Zimbabweans

| lastdate1 = 18 May

| lastyear1 = 2011

| lastfor1 = Yorkshire

| lastagainst1 = Lancashire

| type2 = List A

| debutdate2 = 7 July

| debutyear2 = 2002

| debutfor2 = Yorkshire

| debutagainst2 = West Indies A

| lastdate2 = 22 May

| lastyear2 = 2011

| lastfor2 = Yorkshire

| lastagainst2 = Worcestershire

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 37

| runs1 = 742

| bat avg1 = 16.13

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 52*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 98/12

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 32

| runs2 = 282

| bat avg2 = 14.84

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 40

| catches/stumpings2 = 34/11

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 10

| runs3 = 44

| bat avg3 = 8.80

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 13

| catches/stumpings3 = 2/0

| date = 27 January

| year = 2025

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13496.html ESPNCricinfo

}}

Simon Mark Guy (born 17 November 1978){{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=369 }}) is an English former first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

He played thirty seven first-class matches as a wicket-keeper, taking 98 catches and twelve stumpings, and as a right-handed batsman averaged 16.13. He fell ill in February 2009 with a cerebral abscess, and required an emergency operation which led to him being hospitalised for six weeks which meant he missed Yorkshire's pre-season tour to Dubai and Sharjah. However he returned to first team action three months later in May, playing in a Friends Provident Trophy game for Yorkshire. He played for Darlington C.C. in 2009 and Marske C.C. in 2010 as club professional in the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League.

He has attracted media attention for pioneering a new form of protective face-gear, dubbed the "Hannibal mask", the after character Hannibal Lecter from the film The Silence of the Lambs.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/6649167.stm|title=Cricket - Counties - Tykes pair skittle Worcestershire|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 January 2015}}

Guy comes from a cricketing family, with his two brothers playing competitive league cricket in Yorkshire. His father has represented Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire Second XI's and turned down the opportunity to sign professional terms for Worcestershire in the late 1960s.

Having parted company with Yorkshire in 2009, he returned briefly to their ranks in 2011, to cover for a player shortage, playing in a County Championship against Lancashire in May that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13496.html |title=Simon Guy |publisher=Espncricinfo.com |access-date=3 July 2011}}