Adam Riley

Adam Riley

Personal information
Full name	Adam Edward Nicholas Riley
Born	23 March 1992 Sidcup, Kent, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–present	Kent (squad no. 33)
2012–2014	Loughborough MCCU
2015	MCC
FC debut	4 May 2011 Kent v Northamptonshire
LA debut	1 May 2011 Kent v Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 50 23 29 Runs scored 429 11 18 Batting average 10.21 5.50 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 34 5* 5* Balls bowled 6,727 828 532 Wickets 115 19 23 Bowling average 36.24 40.57 29.86 5 wickets in innings 5 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 7/150 2/32 4/22 Catches/stumpings 27/– 8/– 5/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 May 2016

Adam Edward Nicholas Riley (born 23 March 1992) is an English cricketer. Riley is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Sidcup, Kent.

Riley made his first-class debut for Kent against Northamptonshire in the 2011 County Championship. During the course of the 2011 season, he made five further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Glamorgan,^[1] in a match which was the first day/night County Championship match to be played in England.^[2] He took his maiden first-class five wicket haul against Loughborough MCCU, taking figures of 5/76.^[3] In his six first-class fixtures to date, he has taken 14 wickets at an average of 39.07.^[4]

Riley also made his List A debut in 2011 against Worcestershire in the Clydedale Bank 40. He made five further List A appearances in 2011,^[5] taking 5 wickets at an average of 39.40, with best figures of 2/32.^[6] He also made his debut in Twenty20 cricket against the touring Indians,^[7] claiming the wicket of Rohit Sharma as his maiden in that format.^[8]

Opportunities were rare for Riley in 2012, and he only played 5 County Championship games. Although with first-choice spinner James Tredwell featuring more for England extra chances will come his way.

In June 2013, Riley took 7–150 in a County Championship match against Hampshire, an achievement for a player who had taken less than 30 wickets in a first class career that began over 2 years previous.^[9]

Career Best Performances

as of 8 September 2015

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	34	Kent v Derbyshire	Canterbury	2015	7–150	Kent v Hampshire	Southampton	2013
LA	5*	Kent Spitfires v New Zealand A	Canterbury	2014	2–32	Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks	Hove	2011
T20	5*	Kent Spitfires v Essex Eagles	Canterbury	2012	4–22	Kent Spitfires v Gloucestershire Gladiators	Canterbury	2014

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Adam Riley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
2. Turbervill, Huw (12 September 2011). "First day-night County championship game between Kent and Glamorgan fails to wow crowds". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
3. "Kent v Loughborough MCCU, 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
4. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Adam Riley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
5. "List A Matches played by Adam Riley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
6. "List A Bowling For Each Team by Adam Riley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
7. "Twenty20 Matches played by Adam Riley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
8. "Kent v Indians, 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
9. "Kent Cricket Club spinner Adam Riley looking to build on career-best display". Kent Online. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

External links

• Player profile: Adam Riley from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Adam Riley from CricketArchive