Rob Newton (cricketer)

Rob Newton
Personal information
Full name Robert Irving Newton
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990
Taunton, England
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm leg break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–present Northamptonshire (squad no. 10)
First-class debut 29 July 2010 Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
List A debut 19 September 2009 Northamptonshire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 87 42 21
Runs scored 5,161 1,072 214
Batting average 36.60 29.77 12.58
100s/50s 13/23 1/4 0/0
Top score 202* 107 38
Balls bowled 73 – –
Wickets 1 – –
Bowling average 107.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/82 – –
Catches/stumpings 27/– 7/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 September 2018

Robert Irving "Rob" Newton (born 18 January 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an aggressive right-handed top order batsman. Newton enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school and was tipped by The Wisden Cricketer as 'one to watch'.[1] He made his Northamptonshire first-team debut in 2009.

Early life

Although born in Taunton, he moved from Somerset at an early age to Norfolk.[2] He first recalled playing cricket in the back garden aged four or five.[2] From there he attend Taverham Hall prep school before boarding at Framlingham College in Suffolk.[3] He made his senior club cricket debut for Swardeston in the 2003 season, aged just 13, scoring five runs.[4] After an impressive schools career which included averaging 94.70 as a 15-year-old at Framlingham and also a double century against the MCC,[5] he was awarded a place on the Northants Academy in 2005. From there he regularly played for Northamptonshire under-17's and then from the age of 19, the second XI.[6] Also during this period, he played for England under-17s and captained Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) under-18s.

Career

Newton made his one-day debut for Northamptonshire aged 19 in September 2009 against Middlesex scoring seven.[7] In 2010 people began to take note of his ability after an impressive performance in scoring his maiden one-day fifty against Essex[8] and decent scores in his debut first-class game against Worcestershire when a lot of others around him failed. He scored his first first-class century against Leicestershire in the final game of the 2010 season.

In August 2012 he achieved the feat of scoring a century in each innings against Derbyshire.[9] His highest first-class score to date came in August 2016, with 202 not out against Leicestershire.[10]

In May 2017, he scored his first century in List A cricket, when he made 107 for Northamptonshire against Worcestershire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Radd, Andrew. (24 June 2009) Enjoyment for Rob as Test stars fall short Northants Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 Cuffley, David. (10 October 2005) "Rob and Bud England's likely lads" Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Individual pupils performing at an elite level framlinghamcollege.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Swardeston v Mildenhall CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Results archive – 2007 schoolscricketonline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. ↑ Other matches played by Rob Newton (28) CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Scoreboard: Middlesex v Northamptonshire in 2009 CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Northants downed by Essexs Ravi Bopara BBC Sport. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  9. ↑ "Northants saved by another Newton ton". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Wakely opens up game after Newton double". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rossington revival secures thrilling tie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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