Steven Crook

Steven Crook
Personal information
Full name Steven Paul Crook
Born (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983
Adelaide, Australia
Nickname Crooksy
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
Relations AR Crook (Brother) MA Crook (Father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2005 Lancashire
2005–2009 Northamptonshire
2011–2012 Middlesex
2013– Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 85 72 95
Runs scored 3,067 866 968
Batting average 31.94 18.04 18.98
100s/50s 3/18 1/4 0/3
Top score 142* 100 63
Balls bowled 10,744 2,596 1,273
Wickets 181 79 64
Bowling average 38.49 30.88 27.25
5 wickets in innings 3 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 5/48 5/36 3/19
Catches/stumpings 30/– 15/– 21/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 April 2016

Steven Paul Crook (born 28 May 1983 in Adelaide) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire in English county cricket. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm fast medium pace.[1]

Cricket career

Crook played for Lancashire from 2001 before moving to Northamptonshire in 2005. As he holds a United Kingdom passport, he is not classified as an overseas player for the purposes of county cricket's overseas player restrictions. His career has been riddled by injury he spent the latter part of the last 5 seasons out with injury. Due to this, he was released at the end of the 2009 season.[2] In 2011, he signed for Middlesex.[3] He has returned for a second spell with Northamptonshire in 2013.

Career Best Performances

as of 7 July 2011

Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
FC 97 Northamptonshire v Yorkshire Northampton 2005 5-71 Northamptonshire v Essex Northampton 2009
LA 72 Northamptonshire v Essex Chelmsford 2009 4-20 Northamptonshire v Sussex Northampton 2006
T20 63 Northamptonshire v Somerset Hove 2013 3-21 Middlesex v Kent Canterbury 2011

Music career

Crook also fronts a band, Juliet the Sun, as lead vocalist.[4] Tabloids told that they provided inspiration for England during the 2005 Ashes and even became brief tabloid darlings when it emerged that former team-mates James Anderson and Monty Panesar were blasting out their signature tune, "Time for Heroes", in the dressing room in between sessions.[5][6][7]

Crook plays at the Cricketers Arms.[8] in Northampton.

Personal Life

Crook is involved in supporting various charities including a 2015 £1 per run and more benefit for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)-sufferer, Lewis Herbert.[9] Among those assisting have been Jimmy Anderson,[10] Graeme Swann, The Cube Disability [9] and many others. Besides Crook, The Cube sponsors Northants Steelbacks David Willey and Mohammad Azharullah.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Steven Crook: Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Pair fail to get Northants deals BBC Sport
  3. ↑ "Steven Crook signs for Middlesex". ESPNcricinfo. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Juliet steals Crook's heart". www.ecb.co.uk. 28 October 2009. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Coyne, James (January 4, 2010). "Crook calls time-out on career". ECB. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ Player profile: Steven Crook from ESPNcricinfo
  7. ↑ Juliet The Sun - Time For Heroes on YouTube
  8. ↑ "The Cricketers Arms - Archive 2010".
  9. 1 2 "About Us". Runs4Funds. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ "News & Updates". Runs4Funds. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Proud Sponsors of 3 Northants Steelbacks Players". The Cube Disability. May 15, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

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