Adam Lyth

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Adam Lyth
INTL CAREER: 2015 - 2015
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Full Name

Adam Lyth

Born

September 25, 1987, Whitby, Yorkshire

Age

36y 176d

Nicknames

Peanut

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Batter

Height

5ft 9in

Education

Caedmon School; Whitby Community College

One of several openers tried and discarded by England after Andrew Strauss' retirement, Yorkshire's Adam Lyth first became a serious contender for the spot during a purple 2014 county season, when he added 375 for the first wicket with Alex Lees against Northamptonshire.

He began life as an opening batter in the modern mould - happy to attack the new ball with an array of shots - but it was Lyth's willingness to graft through more difficult periods that took him to a new level: he scored a chart-topping 1489 Championship runs, including six centuries, at 67.68 that season.

He received his chance in Test cricket the following year, but that one season was all he got. He scored a hundred in his second Test, against New Zealand at Headingley, his home ground, but five Tests against Australia brought only 115 runs at 12.77, and England moved on in their search for an opening partner for Alastair Cook. ,

Lyth continued to churn out runs in first-class cricket and became increasingly influential in T20s, taking Yorkshire to Finals Day in 2016 and scoring a record 161 off 73 balls against Northants in 2017. A formidable white-ball summer in 2022 realised 824 runs at a strike-rate in excess of 170 across both the Blast and the Hundred, leading to a gig with Perth Scorchers in the BBL.

Adam Lyth Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests713026510720.3852950.091040180
FC222372171352225138.09--3269--2960
List A1221158376514435.18401293.8451840268550
T20s1901805442816125.303028146.23129477167940

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests71600-----000
FC22211332711870382/92/949.213.4386.0000
List A1222436037362/272/2762.166.2160.0000
T20s19041524677255/315/3127.087.7520.9010
Adam Lyth

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Recent Matches of Adam Lyth

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Delhi Bulls vs Abu Dhabi39*--07-Dec-2023Abu DhabiOTHERT20
Yorkshire vs WORCS11 & 51--26-Sep-2023LeedsFC
Yorkshire vs Leics16 & 60--19-Sep-2023LeicesterFC
Yorkshire vs Glamorgan490/4 & 0/5210-Sep-2023CardiffFC
Yorkshire vs Derbyshire32 & 43--03-Sep-2023ScarboroughFC

Photos of Adam Lyth

Adam Lyth has been in fine form for Yorkshire
Jonny Tattersall will captain Yorkshire in Shan Masood's absence
Adam Lyth gives a thumbs-up ahead of Northern Superchargers' innings
Adam Lyth got the chase going with 47 off 34
Adam Lyth got the Superchargers' chase motoring
Adam Lyth blasted a 17-ball half-century