William Kendall (cricketer)

William Salwey Kendall (born 18 December 1973) is an English former cricketer who played over 200 games (in first-class and List A matches combined) for Hampshire around the turn of the 21st century, having earlier appeared on a number of occasions for Oxford University. He was born in 1971 at Wimbledon.

William Kendall
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 140 130
Runs scored 6,822 2,113
Batting average 33.27 21.78
100s/50s 10/33 1/7
Top score 201 110*
Balls bowled 1,296 257
Wickets 15 5
Bowling average 49.06 47.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/37 2/48
Catches/stumpings 118/– 59/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 April 2023

Kendall's highest first-class score of 201 was achieved against Sussex in 1999 under somewhat unusual circumstances. Replying to Sussex's first innings of 375, Hampshire were bowled out for just 76 (Kendall 2) and asked to follow on. However, second time around Hampshire piled on the runs, eventually declaring at 570/6; Kendall's 201 had taken slightly more than eight hours. (The match itself finished drawn.) [1]

Kendall was capped by Hampshire in 1999, and named Hampshire Cricket Society's Player of the Year in 2000.

References edit

  1. ^ "Hampshire v Sussex in 1999". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2007.

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