Richard James Gleeson (born 2 December 1987) is an English cricketer, who plays for Lancashire in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in July 2022.[1]
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| Full name | Richard James Gleeson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1987 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 95) | 9 July 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 September 2022 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Northamptonshire (squad no. 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rangpur Riders (squad no. 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Lancashire (on loan) (squad no. 11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Lancashire (squad no. 11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
He made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against the Australians on 15 August 2015[2] and his List A debut for Northamptonshire against Lancashire on 8 June 2016 in the Royal London One-Day Cup.[3]
Initially, Gleeson played for Northants on a match-by-match basis while continuing his full-time job coaching in schools and cricket clubs on behalf of the Lancashire Cricket Board, but in July 2016 he signed a three-year contract with Northants.[4] He signed to play Twenty20 cricket for the Rangpur Riders in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League.[5] He moved from Northamptonshire to Lancashire towards the end of the 2018 season.[6]
On being named in England's training squad in May 2020, and the possibility of playing for England, Gleeson said "never give up, keep following your dream and keep pursuing things".[7] On 9 July 2020, Gleeson was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland,[8][9] and was later named as one of three reserve players in England's squad for the series.[10][11]
On 29 May 2022, in the 2022 T20 Blast, Gleeson took his first five-wicket haul in Twenty20 cricket, with 5/33 against the Worcestershire Rapids.[12]
In July 2022, Gleeson was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their home series against India.[13] He made his T20I debut on 9 July 2022, for England against India, taking the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, finishing with figures of 3/15.[14]
References edit
- ^ "Richard Gleeson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Australia tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Northamptonshire v Australians at Northampton, Aug 14-16, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Royal London One-Day Cup, North Group: Northamptonshire v Lancashire at Northampton, Jun 8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Richard Gleeson Signs Official Contract for Northants County Cricket Club". Lancashirecricket.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Eighty-five players picked in BPL 2016-17 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ "Lancashire win the race for Richard Gleeson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Richard Gleeson on England hopes: 'Never give up, keep following your dream'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Tim David blitz, Richard Gleeson five-for secure tight Lancashire win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Richard Gleeson wins first England call-up for T20Is against India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "2nd T20I (D/N), Birmingham, July 09, 2022, India tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.