Steven Croft

England

Full name Steven John Croft

Born October 11, 1984, Blackpool, Lancashire

Current age 28 years 227 days

Major teams Auckland, Lancashire, Lancashire Cricket Board, Northern Districts

Nickname Crofty

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast, Right-arm offbreak

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education Highfield High, Blackpool; Myerscough College

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	98	152	13	4302	154*	30.94	8296	51.85	5	26			86
List A	105	95	20	2701	107	36.01			1	20			49
Twenty20	93	86	15	2193	88	30.88	1777	123.41	0	13	184	65	55

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
First-class	98		3353	1961	51	6/41	9/105	38.45	3.50	65.7	1	1
List A	105		1813	1622	45	4/24	4/24	36.04	5.36	40.2	2	0
Twenty20	93	41	543	771	27	3/6	3/6	28.55	8.51	20.1	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	Oxford UCCE v Lancashire at Oxford, May 25-27, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class	Lancashire v Essex at Manchester, May 7-10, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	2003
Last List A	Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton, May 22, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Derbyshire v Lancashire at Derby, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Wellington v Northern Districts at Wellington, Jan 13, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
10, 0/31	Lancashire	v Hampshire	Southampton	22 May 2013	LA
8, 1/21	Lancashire	v Surrey	Manchester	19 May 2013	LA
-	Lancashire	v Derbyshire	Derby	12 May 2013	LA
0/1, 31, 0/9, 28	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	7 May 2013	FC
13, 1/41	Lancashire	v Durham	Manchester	6 May 2013	LA
8, 18	Lancashire	v Glamorgan	Colwyn Bay	1 May 2013	FC
1/11, 64*, 0/21	Lancashire	v Kent	Manchester	24 Apr 2013	FC
0/4, 25	Lancashire	v Worcs	Manchester	10 Apr 2013	FC
29, 0/9	Lancashire	v Fly Emirates	Dubai	22 Mar 2013	Other T20
8, 0c/0s	Lancashire	v Sussex	Dubai	21 Mar 2013	Other T20

Profile

Steven Croft has emerged as a major figure in the Lancashire side in the last two seasons in particular, etching an indelible mark on the county's history in 2011 by hitting the winning runs on the fourth day of the final County Championship match, against Somerset at Taunton, to clinch the county's first outright title in 77 years.