Rob Newton (cricketer)

Robert Irving "Rob" Newton (born 18 January 1990) is an English cricketer who played 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.

Rob Newton
Personal information
Full nameRobert Irving Newton
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990
Taunton, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2020Northamptonshire (squad no. 10)
First-class debut29 July 2010 Northamptonshire v Worcestershire
List A debut19 September 2009 Northamptonshire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 98 45 21
Runs scored 5,675 1,148 214
Batting average 35.69 29.43 12.58
100s/50s 15/24 1/6 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 28/– 8/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2019

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. 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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