Robert Steven Ferley (born 4 February 1982) is a former English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin. He was born in Norwich in 1982.[1]

Rob Ferley
Personal information
Full name
Robert Steven Ferley
Born (1982-02-04) 4 February 1982 (age 42)
Norwich, Norfolk
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998Norfolk
2001–2003Durham UCCE
2003–2006Kent
2007–2008Nottinghamshire
2009–2010Kent
2010Dorset
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 34 56 18
Runs scored 650 337 23
Batting average 20.96 16.04 7.66
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0
Top score 78* 52 16*
Balls bowled 5,083 2,471 339
Wickets 66 66 14
Bowling average 45.72 30.75 29.64
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/136 4/33 3/17
Catches/stumpings 10/– 21/– 4/–
Source: CricInfo, 19 June 2017

Ferley attended Sutton Valence School near Maidstone in Kent.[1] He played for Norfolk County Cricket Club in the 1998 Minor Counties Championship and went on the English Under-19 cricket team to India, taking 4/32 in the second one-day International on the tour.[2] He made his first-class cricket debut in April 2001 for Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence. He played nine times for the UCCE whilst studying at Durham University and made three appearances for the British Universities team whilst he was a student.[1][2]

He made his Second XI debut for Kent in 1999 and made his List A cricket debut for the Kent Cricket Board in September 2001 in the second round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.[2] He made his senior Kent debut in July 2003 in the County Championship.[2] Ferley left Kent to join Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2006 season after finding it difficult to dislodge Min Patel from the Kent team.[1] He played for Nottinghamshire in 2007 and 2008 before returning to Kent for the 2009 and 2010 seasons before being released in July 2010.[3]

Ferley played once for Dorset in the 2010 Minor Counties Championship.[2] As of June 2017 he is the Director of Cricket at Eastbourne College.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Rob Ferley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rob Ferley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. ^ Kent to release Rob Ferley and Warren Lee, Kent County Cricket Club, 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  4. ^ Cricket, Eastbourne College. Retrieved 2017-06-19.

External links edit

Rob Ferley at ESPNcricinfo