Karl Penhale

Karl William Penhale (born 3 February 1992) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Penhale was born at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, but was educated at Icknield Community College in neighbouring Oxfordshire. From there he went up to Oxford Brookes University.[1] While studying at Oxford Brookes he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford MCCU against Nottinghamshire at Oxford in 2014.[2] With his right-arm medium pace bowling, Penhale dismissed Jake Ball and Andy Carter in Nottinghamshire's first-innings, finishing with figures of 2 for 69 from 17.2 overs. In their second-innings he dismissed Luke Fletcher to finish with figures of 1 for 16 from 4.2 overs.[3] Batting twice in the match, Penhale was dismissed for 5 runs in Oxford MCCU's first-innings by Samit Patel, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Steven Mullaney for 21 runs.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Penhale has also appeared at minor counties level for Oxfordshire between 2013–16, making fourteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship,[4] alongside thirteen and four appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy and Minor Counties Twenty20 respectively.[5][6]