Jason Kerr (cricketer)

Jason Ian Douglas Kerr (born 7 April 1974 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer, who is currently head coach of Somerset County Cricket Club.

Jason Kerr
Personal information
Full nameJason Ian Douglas Kerr
Born (1974-04-07) 7 April 1974
Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
Somerset Head Coach
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993–2001Somerset
2002Derbyshire
FC debut8 May 1993 Somerset v Australians
Last FC18 September 2002 Derbyshire v Worcestershire
LA debut16 May 1993 Somerset v Lancashire
Last LA22 September 2002 Derbyshire v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 65 113
Runs scored 1,693 769
Batting average 21.98 13.25
100s/50s 0/8 0/2
Top score 80 65*
Balls bowled 8,074 4,379
Wickets 129 124
Bowling average 40.38 30.08
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 7/23 4/28
Catches/stumpings 18/– 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 August 2016

An all-rounder, he played as right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1993, before moving to Derbyshire in 2001.

After back injury curtailed his career at the end of 2002, Bridgwater Cricket Club appointed Kerr as director of coaching in 2004 to spearhead their West of England Premier League promotion bid. He succeeded Ben Wellington, who resigned in early February 2004 because of his commitments as a full-time coach at Somerset's Centre of Excellence.[1] Kerr returned to Somerset as a self-employed coach in 2005, before taking up the Academy Directors post full-time in February 2006, replacing the ECB bound Kevin Shine.[2] At the end of the 2013 season, Kerr was promoted to the role of First XI bowling coach.[3]

In October 2017, following the departure of Director of Cricket Matthew Maynard, Kerr was promoted to head coach of Somerset.[4]

References
  1. "Ex-Somerset star signs up". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2006.
  2. "Kerr to head up academy". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2006.
  3. "Somerset add Dave Houghton & Jason Kerr to coaching team". BBC Sport. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. "Andy Hurry: Somerset name director of cricket, Jason Kerr becomes head coach". BBC Sport. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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