Adam Riley

Adam Edward Nicholas Riley (born 23 March 1992) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 2011 and 2019. Riley played as an off break bowler who also played for the England Lions team and for Loughborough MCC University.

Adam Riley
Riley at Tunbridge Wells in June 2018
Personal information
Full name
Adam Edward Nicholas Riley
Born (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992
Sidcup, Greater London
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2019Kent (squad no. 33)
2012–2014Loughborough MCCU
FC debut4 May 2011 Kent v Northamptonshire
Last FC20 May 2019 Kent v Surrey
LA debut1 May 2011 Kent v Worcestershire
Last LA27 April 2019 Kent v Pakistanis
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 61 34 29
Runs scored 495 71 18
Batting average 10.53 8.87 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 34 21* 5*
Balls bowled 8,061 1,326 532
Wickets 128 32 23
Bowling average 37.31 35.84 29.86
5 wickets in innings 5 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/150 4/40 4/22
Catches/stumpings 37/– 11/– 5/–
Source: CricInfo, 23 May 2019

Early life

Riley was born at Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley. He was educated at Beths Grammar School in Bexley before studying Geography and Sports Management at Loughborough University.[1][2] He played cricket for both Kent and the Loughborough MCC University team whilst a student.[1]

Cricket career

Riley made his first-class cricket debut for Kent against Northamptonshire in the 2011 County Championship. He took his maiden first-class five wicket haul against Loughborough MCCU, taking figures of 5/76 during the season. Riley also made his List A cricket debut against Worcestershire in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. as well as his Twenty20 cricket debut against the touring Indians.[3]

In June 2013, Riley took seven wickets for 150 runs in a County Championship match against Hampshire.[4]

Riley left Kent by "mutual consent" in June 2019[5][6][7] after nine seasons with the county. The England coaching setup had intervened to change his delivery during a training camp in 2015 and, despite a number of attempts to revert to his previous, effective action, which was described as having been "very fluid" with "the ability to bowl spin with good pace, control, guile, dip", he had been unable to recover his form.[8] After leaving county cricket he moved to work at Dulwich College as its head of player development at the end of 2019 as well as continuing to work coaching Kent's under-15 side.[9]

Career Best Performances

Batting Bowling (innings)
Score Fixture Venue Season Figures Fixture Venue Season
First-class 34 Kent v Derbyshire Canterbury 2015 7/150 Kent v Hampshire Southampton 2013
List A 21 not out Kent v Leeward Islands Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 2016/17 4/40 Kent v Leeward Islands Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 2017/18
Twenty20 5 not out Kent v Essex Canterbury 2012 4/22 Kent v Gloucestershire Canterbury 2014

References

  1. Adam Riley, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. Hoad A (2011) Off-spinner Adam Riley pens new three-year deal with Kent County Cricket Club, Kent Online, 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. Adam Riley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-02-07. (subscription required)
  4. Hoad A (2013) Kent Cricket Club spinner Adam Riley looking to build on career-best display, Kent Online, 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. Club statement: Adam Riley, Kent County Cricket Club, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  6. Hogwood C (2019) Adam Riley leaves Kent after nine seasons in Canterbury, Kent Online, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. Adam Riley: Kent off-spinner released by mutual consent, BBC Sport, 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  8. Hogwood C (2019) Adam Riley: Kent head coach Matt Walker expresses sympathy for spinner's 'sad story', Kent Online, 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  9. Roller M (2020) 'The new Swann' at 22, retired five years later: Adam Riley at peace with fall from prominence, CricInfo, 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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