John Simpson

England|Wicketkeeper Batter
John Simpson
INTL CAREER: 2021 - 2021
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Full Name

John Andrew Simpson

Born

July 13, 1988, Bury, Lancashire

Age

36y 361d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Neat and reliable wicketkeeper-batter John Simpson was a Middlesex stalwart for over a decade, before moving to Sussex and leading the club's promotion back to Division One of the County Championship.

He played first-team Lancashire League cricket when only ten, and went on to represent Lancashire in every age group from Under-11 upwards. But it took a move to Middlesex to realise his ambition of becoming a professional cricketer. He came into his own during the 2011 season, when 869 runs at 43.45 and 65 victims behind the stumps played a big part in the county's promotion campaign.

Simpson was never really in the running for a Test cap, but for one extraordinary week in July 2021, his dream of England recognition came true, when he was called up to a second-choice ODI side (Covid had put most of the original side out of contention) to take on Pakistan. He played all three games and took nine catches in a 3-0 clean sweep, including five in an innings on his home ground at Lord's.

Before then, his career highlight had come on a memorable final afternoon at Taunton in 2016, when his 79 not out from 80 balls, rounded off with two leg-side sixes, completed a thrilling chase in a season that brought Middlesex their first Championship title in over two decades. A hundred against Hampshire in May that year, the fifth first-class hundred of his career, was another strikingly fluent display. Simpson finished that season with 779 runs at 43.27.

In 2022 he topped 1000 runs in a season for the first time. But after a poor 2023, he opted to leave Middlesex for a fresh challenge at the age of 35, taking on the Championship captaincy down at Hove. His batting form was revelatory, with 1197 runs at 74.81 - including a career-best 205 not out against Leicestershire - and Sussex benefited from an experienced hand on the tiller as they won promotion after a nine-year absence from Division One.

John Simpson Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs320201710.003164.51002090
FC2243555311095205*36.732260949.07185914117970740
List A108861319538526.75223087.570101882410421
T20s18916726306384*21.722368129.340112231079831

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs3------------
FC224218230---7.66-000
List A108------------
T20s189------------

John Simpson T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality Blast2 teams17815724288084*21.652239128.620102021038729
Men's 100NSC-M1110218371*22.87129141.8601214112

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality Blast2 teams178------------
Men's 100NSC-M11------------
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ODI

Recent Matches of John Simpson

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Sussex vs Hampshire160c/0s05-Jul-2025HoveT20
Sussex vs Kent120c/0s04-Jul-2025CanterburyT20
Sussex vs Warwickshire305c/0s & 0c/0s29-Jun-2025HoveFC
Sussex vs Durham40 & 855c/0s22-Jun-2025Chester-le-StreetFC
Sussex vs Surrey210c/0s18-Jun-2025The OvalT20

Photos of John Simpson

John Simpson and Fynn Hudson-Prentice put on a stand worth 173
John Simpson cuts on his way to a hundred
John Simpson holds the Division Two trophy aloft
Nathan McAndrew gets a hug from James Coles after Sussex closed out victory
John Simpson played an important hand
Dan Lawrence smacked 51 off 35 balls