Lewis Gregory

Lewis Gregory (born 24 May 1992) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and right-arm seam bowler, Gregory made his senior cricket debut in 2010, representing Somerset against the touring Pakistanis. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.[1]

Lewis Gregory
Personal information
Full nameLewis Gregory
Born (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992
Plymouth, Devon, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 88)1 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I10 November 2019 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2010Devon
2010–presentSomerset (squad no. 24)
2019–2020Rangpur Rangers
2020–presentPeshawar Zalmi
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 5 86 76 103
Runs scored 21 2,491 1,206 1,336
Batting average 7.00 21.85 23.64 22.26
100s/50s 0/0 2/8 1/7 0/4
Top score 15 137 105* 76*
Balls bowled 24 12,413 2,948 1,783
Wickets 1 264 106 100
Bowling average 29.00 25.68 27.74 26.14
5 wickets in innings 0 13 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 2 0 0
Best bowling 1/10 6/32 4/23 4/15
Catches/stumpings 0/– 48/– 27/– 39/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 March 2020

Domestic career

Early career: Youth and club cricket

Gregory represented Devon County Cricket Club at youth level, playing Under-13, Under-14, Under-15 and Under-17 cricket for the county.[2] He made his club debut at the top level of club cricket, playing in the Devon Cricket League in 2006 at the age of 14, scoring 28 runs for Plympton Cricket Club.[3] Throughout 2006 and 2007, he played primarily as a batsman, bowling infrequently and in short spells when he did so.[4] In 2008, his bowling workload increased dramatically, and he finished the season with 20 wickets at an average of 17.40 for Plympton.[5] In July 2008, Gregory was selected to represent the 'South and West' in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Regional Under-17 Festival, and scored a half-century in the first of his three matches.[6]

Lewis Gregory bowling on debut for Somerset.

The 2008 season also saw Gregory make his debut in the Minor Counties Championship for Devon,[7] and play his first match for Somerset County Cricket Club, a Second XI contest against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Young Cricketers in which he scored 87 runs in Somerset's only innings.[8] Gregory was Plympton's leading bowler in 2009, claiming 36 wickets at an average of 13.61, including two five-wicket hauls.[9] He continued to play for Somerset Second XI, and occasionally for Devon throughout 2009 and 2010.[2]

One-day debut

Following a string of good performances for England Under-19s and Somerset Second XI, including a hat-trick against Essex Second XI,[10] Gregory made his List A debut for Somerset against the touring Pakistanis. He claimed four wickets in the match, before being bowled for a duck in Somerset's reply.[11]

T20 franchise cricket

In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rangpur Rangers in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[12] In 2020, he was selected to play for the Peshawar Zalmi.

International career

Gregory made his international debut for England Under-19s during their series against the touring Sri Lanka Under-19s. He claimed four wickets in two four-day matches against the tourists.[13] He performed better in the shorter formats of the game, scoring 55 runs and sharing a 103-run partnership with Joe Root to orchestrate victory in the second Twenty20.[14] In the second one-day match, he top-scored for England with 87, but despite claiming 1/16 in an economical bowling spell, he could not prevent Sri Lanka winning with over 15 overs to spare.[15] Gregory was named as captain of the England Under-19s for the tour of Sri Lanka in January 2011.[16]

Gregory received his first call-up to the England squad for the one-off One Day International (ODI) against Ireland in May 2015, but he did not play.[17]

In July 2019, Gregory was named in England's Test squad for the one-off match against Ireland at Lord's,[18] having also captained the England Lions against Australia A earlier in the month.[19] However, he did not play in the Test against Ireland. In September 2019, he was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.[20] He made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 1 November 2019, although he did not bat or bowl.[21] In the second match of the series against New Zealand, Gregory became the second bowler for England to take a wicket with his first delivery in a T20I.[22][23]

On 29 May 2020, Gregory was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][25] On 17 June 2020, Gregory was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.[26][27]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Lewis Gregory". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  2. "Other matches played by Lewis Gregory (38)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. "Plympton v Sidmouth". CricketArchive. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  4. "Bowling for Plympton: Devon Cricket League Premier Division 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  5. "Bowling for Plympton: Devon Cricket League Premier Division 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  6. "ECB London and East Under-17s v ECB South and West Under-17s". CricketArchive. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  7. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Lewis Gregory (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  8. "Somerset Second XI v Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers". CricketArchive. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  9. "Bowling for Plympton: Devon Cricket League Premier Division 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  10. "Gregory to face Pakistan". Somerset County Cricket Club. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  11. "Tour Match: Somerset v Pakistanis at Taunton, Sep 2, 2010". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  12. "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  13. "Under-19 Test Bowling for England Under-19s: Sri Lanka Under-19s in England 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  14. "England Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s". CricketArchive. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  15. "England Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s". CricketArchive. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  16. "Devon's Lewis Gregory is honoured by England call". BBC Sport. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  17. "James Taylor to captain England in Ireland ODI". BBC Sport. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  18. "England v Ireland: Jason Roy in Test squad for first time". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  19. "Lewis Gregory to captain England Lions against Australia A". ESPNcricinfo. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  20. "Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  21. "1st T20I, England tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Nov 1 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  22. "Records: Twenty20 Internationals: Bowling records: Wicket with first ball in career". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  23. "Santner and Neesham star as New Zealand square the series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  24. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  25. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  26. "England announce 30-man training squad ahead of first West Indies Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  27. "Moeen Ali back in Test frame as England name 30-man training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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