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{{Infobox cricketer |
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| name = Rob Newton |
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| image = Rob Newton.jpg |
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| country = England |
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| country = England |
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| fullname = Robert Irving Newton |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|18|df=yes}} |
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| nickname = |
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| birth_place = [[Taunton]], England |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|1|18|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Taunton]], England |
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| weight = |
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| batting = Right-handed |
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| bowling = Right-arm [[leg break]] |
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| role = [[Batting (cricket)|Batsman]] |
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| batting = Right-handed |
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| club1 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] |
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| bowling = Right-arm [[leg break]] |
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| year1 = {{nowrap|2009–2020}} |
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| role = [[Batsman]] |
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| clubnumber1 = 10 |
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| family = |
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| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] |
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| club1 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] |
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| debutdate1 = 29 July |
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| year1 = 2009– |
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| debutyear1 = 2010 |
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| clubnumber1 = 21 |
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| debutfor1 = Northamptonshire |
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| columns = 3 |
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| debutagainst1 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] |
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| hidedeliveries = true |
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| type2 = [[List A cricket|LA]] |
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| debutdate2 = 19 September |
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| matches1 = 44 |
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| debutyear2 = 2009 |
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| runs1 = 2310 |
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| debutfor2 = Northamptonshire |
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| bat avg1 = 34.47 |
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| debutagainst2 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] |
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| 100s/50s1 = 6/7 |
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| columns = 3 |
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| top score1 = 119* |
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] |
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| deliveries1 = 13 |
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| matches1 = 98 |
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| wickets1 = – |
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| runs1 = 5,675 |
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| bowl avg1 = – |
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| bat avg1 = 35.69 |
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| fivefor1 = – |
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| 100s/50s1 = 15/24 |
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| tenfor1 = – |
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| top score1 = 202* |
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| best bowling1 = – |
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| deliveries1 = 73 |
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| catches/stumpings1 = 14/– |
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| wickets1 = 1 |
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| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]] |
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| bowl avg1 = 107.00 |
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| matches2 = 24 |
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| fivefor1 = 0 |
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| runs2 = 616 |
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| tenfor1 = 0 |
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| bat avg2 = 28.00 |
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| best bowling1 = 1/82 |
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| catches/stumpings1 = 28/– |
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| top score2 = 88* |
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| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]] |
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| deliveries2 = – |
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| matches2 = 45 |
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| wickets2 = – |
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| runs2 = 1,148 |
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| bowl avg2 = – |
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| bat avg2 = 29.43 |
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| fivefor2 = – |
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| 100s/50s2 = 1/6 |
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| tenfor2 = – |
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| top score2 = 107 |
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| deliveries2 = – |
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| wickets2 = – |
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| column3 = [[Twenty20 cricket|T20]] |
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| bowl avg2 = – |
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| matches3 = 18 |
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| fivefor2 = – |
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| runs3 = 199 |
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| tenfor2 = – |
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| bat avg3 = 13.26 |
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| best bowling2 = – |
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| catches/stumpings2 = 8/– |
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| top score3 = 38 |
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| column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]] |
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| deliveries3 = – |
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| matches3 = 21 |
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| wickets3 = – |
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| runs3 = 214 |
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| bowl avg3 = – |
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| bat avg3 = 12.58 |
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| fivefor3 = – |
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| 100s/50s3 = 0/0 |
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| tenfor3 = – |
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| top score3 = 38 |
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| deliveries3 = – |
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| wickets3 = – |
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| date = 30 July |
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| bowl avg3 = – |
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| year = 2014 |
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| fivefor3 = – |
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| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/253980.html Cricinfo |
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| tenfor3 = – |
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| best bowling3 = – |
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| catches/stumpings3 = 0/– |
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| date = 30 September |
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| year = 2019 |
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| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/253980.html ESPNcricinfo |
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'''Robert Irving |
'''Robert Irving Newton''' (born 18 January 1990) is an English [[cricket]]er who played for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club]]. He is an aggressive right-handed top order [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]]. Newton enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school and was tipped by ''The Wisden Cricketer'' as 'one to watch'.<ref>Radd, Andrew. (24 June 2009) [http://www.northantset.co.uk/andrew/Enjoyment-for-Rob-as-Test.5396357.jp Enjoyment for Rob as Test stars fall short] ''Northants Evening Telegraph.'' Retrieved 5 August 2010.</ref> He made his Northamptonshire first-team debut in 2009. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Although born in [[Taunton]], he moved from [[Somerset]] at an early age to [[Norfolk]].<ref name="newton norwich news">Cuffley, David. (10 October 2005) [http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=sport&itemid=NOED10+Oct+2005+12%3A12%3A58%3A857 "Rob and Bud England's likely lads"] ''Norwich Evening News.'' Retrieved 31 July 2010.</ref> He first recalled playing cricket in the back garden aged four or five.<ref name="newton norwich news" /> From there he attend Taverham Hall |
Although born in [[Taunton]], he moved from [[Somerset]] at an early age to [[Norfolk]].<ref name="newton norwich news">Cuffley, David. (10 October 2005) [http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=sport&itemid=NOED10+Oct+2005+12%3A12%3A58%3A857 "Rob and Bud England's likely lads"] ''Norwich Evening News.'' Retrieved 31 July 2010.</ref> He first recalled playing cricket in the back garden aged four or five.<ref name="newton norwich news" /> From there he attend [[Taverham Hall School]] before boarding at [[Framlingham College]] in Suffolk.<ref>[http://www.framlinghamcollege.co.uk/sport/elite/ind-success Individual pupils performing at an elite level] ''framlinghamcollege.co.uk.'' Retrieved 31 July 2010.</ref> He made his senior club cricket debut for [[Swardeston]] in the 2003 season, aged just 13, scoring five runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/167/167677.html Swardeston v Mildenhall] ''CricketArchive.'' Retrieved 5 August 2010.</ref> 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,<ref>[http://www.schoolscricketonline.co.uk/?page_id=152 Results archive – 2007] ''schoolscricketonline.co.uk.'' Retrieved 5 August 2010.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/105/105769/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Rob Newton (28)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104111047/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/105/105769/Other_matches.html |date=4 November 2012 }} ''CricketArchive''. Retrieved 5 August 2010.</ref> Also during this period, he played for [[England Cricket|England]] under-17s and captained [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) under-18s. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Newton made his one-day debut for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] aged 19 in September 2009 against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] scoring seven.<ref>[ |
Newton made his one-day debut for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] aged 19 in September 2009 against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] scoring seven.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/204/204655.html Scoreboard: Middlesex v Northamptonshire in 2009] ''CricketArchive.'' Retrieved 25 July 2010.</ref> In 2010 people began to take note of his ability after an impressive performance in scoring his maiden [[List A cricket|one-day]] fifty against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/8842178.stm Northants downed by Essexs Ravi Bopara] ''BBC Sport.'' 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.</ref> and decent scores in his debut [[First Class cricket|first-class]] game against [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] when a lot of others around him failed. He scored his first [[First-Class cricket|first-class]] century against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] in the final game of the [[2010 English cricket season|2010 season]]. |
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A successful [[2011 English cricket season|2011 season]] saw Newton start to establish himself in the Northamptonshire [[County Championship]] first team. In six first-class matches so far he has scored 446 runs at an average of 44.6, with a top score and personal best of 113 coming against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] in August. These scores see him ranked as having the third highest first-class batting average of his county in 2011, behind only [[David Murphy (cricketer)|David Murphy]] and captain [[Andrew Hall]].,<ref>[http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/averages/competition-avg.html?PcompetitionAverage=com.othermedia.ecb.stats.CompetitionAverage-L-58 County Championship Division Two Batting Averages] ''ECB Website.'' Retrieved 7 September 2011</ref> albeit in fewer matches. |
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In August 2012 he achieved the feat of scoring a century in each innings against [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Northants saved by another Newton ton|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/579243.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref> His highest first-class score to date came in August 2016, with 202 not out against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wakely opens up game after Newton double|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1046465.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref> |
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In May 2017, he scored his first century in [[List A cricket]], when he made 107 for Northamptonshire against [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] in the [[2017 Royal London One-Day Cup]].<ref name="LA100">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1096037.html |title=Rossington revival secures thrilling tie |accessdate=4 May 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
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{{Persondata |
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| NAME = Newton, Rob |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Newton, Robert Irving |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English cricketer |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 18 January 1990 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Taunton, Somerset |
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Full name | Robert Irving Newton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taunton, England | 18 January 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009–2020 | Northamptonshire (squad no. 10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 29 July 2010 Northamptonshire v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 19 September 2009 Northamptonshire v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2019 |
Robert Irving 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.
Early life
[edit]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 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Radd, Andrew. (24 June 2009) Enjoyment for Rob as Test stars fall short Northants Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b Cuffley, David. (10 October 2005) "Rob and Bud England's likely lads" Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Individual pupils performing at an elite level framlinghamcollege.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Swardeston v Mildenhall CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Results archive – 2007 schoolscricketonline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Other matches played by Rob Newton (28) Archived 4 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Scoreboard: Middlesex v Northamptonshire in 2009 CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Northants downed by Essexs Ravi Bopara BBC Sport. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ "Northants saved by another Newton ton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Wakely opens up game after Newton double". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Rossington revival secures thrilling tie". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.