Full Name

Jake Needham

Born

September 30, 1986, Portsmouth

Age

36y 181d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Height

6ft 1in

Jake Needham unexpectedly called time on his playing career two months into the 2012 season, requesting early release from the last year of his contract. He had not made a County Championship appearance since 2009, a year where he also played his last T20. 2010 saw him play a handful of Clydesdale Bank 40 League matches but one game in the 2011 competition was his last first-team appearance.

He was offered the captaincy of Ockbrook and Borrowash in the Derbyshire Premier League and secured a part-time role with Derbyshire's Media and Marketing department while exploring opportunities in the financial services industry.

An offspinner and lower middle-order batsman, Needham represented Derbyshire Under-17s before finding his way into the county's second XI in 2004 and made his first XI debut in 2005 against Essex at Derby, taking two wickets.

After spells with the ECB's Development of Excellence XI and England Under-19 he won a contract with Derbyshire for 2006 - becoming the first graduate from the Derbyshire Academy.
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Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC1931123844820.21101837.7200--100
List A4229122244213.1730972.4900--130
T201453167*8.002466.66000040
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC19-22631268356/49-36.223.3664.6110
List A42-13951208263/363/3646.465.1953.6000
T20141115921284/214/2126.508.0019.8100
Recent Matches - Player
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