Robert Key (cricketer)
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| Rob Key | ||||
 England |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Robert William Trevor Key | |||
| Nickname | Keysy | |||
| Born | 12 May 1979 | |||
| East Dulwich, London, England | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||
| Role | Batsman, captain | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off spin | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 612) | 8 August 2002: v India | |||
| Last Test | 21 January 2005: v South Africa | |||
| ODI debut (cap 178) | 26 June 2003: v Zimbabwe | |||
| Last ODI | 6 July 2004: v West Indies | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 35 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1998–present | Kent (squad no. 4) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODI | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 15 | 5 | 179 | 162 |
| Runs scored | 775 | 54 | 12288 | 4431 |
| Batting average | 31.00 | 10.80 | 42.22 | 30.77 |
| 100s/50s | 1/3 | 0/0 | 36/47 | 4/28 |
| Top score | 221 | 19 | 221 | 114 |
| Balls bowled | – | – | 152 | 0 |
| Wickets | – | – | 0 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | – | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | – | – | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 11/– | 0/– | 105/– | 30/– |
Robert William Trevor Key (born East Dulwich, London on 12 May 1979) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club.
[edit] Career
Key played in the England side that won the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in 1998, but Key only played his first Test match in 2002 against India after Marcus Trescothick broke a thumb and Graham Thorpe withdrew from Test cricket as a result of personal problems. Key toured in Australia in 2002/3 and played at home against Zimbabwe in 2003, but he did not play Test cricket for England again until July 2004, after Key scored 1,000 first-class runs by 2 June and Mark Butcher sustained a Whiplash injury. On 22 July 2004, playing against the West Indies at Lord's in his ninth Test, Key scored his maiden Test century, which became his maiden Test and first-class double century the following day. He was eventually out for 221.
In 2005, he was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack and was appointed as Kent Captain for the 2006 season. Key also captained Kent to Twenty20 success in the 2007 season,[1] and was at the centre of contreversy for ball tampering in a pre season match against Nottinghamshire. Key admitted using sandpaper to try and get the ball to reverse swing but said it was only to help his young bowlers get practice.[2]
After a successful start to the 2008 season, including a century against the touring New Zealand cricket team Key stated that he hoped to get back into the England team for the international test matches, he stated that "The New Zealanders seem to cop it whenever I bat. This sort of kick-started my summer a few years ago."[3]
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| Preceded by David Fulton |
Kent cricket captain 2006 - |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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