Richard Gleeson

Richard James Gleeson (born 2 December 1987) is an English cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against the Australians on 15 August 2015[2] and his List A debut for Northamptonshire against Lancashire on 8 June 2016 in the Royal London One-Day Cup.[3] He also played ten Twenty20 matches in the 2016 season, taking 14 wickets at an average of 16, with an economy rate of 5.97 runs per over, the best in the competition among those who bowled ten overs or more.[4] He missed Finals Day due to a side strain.[5]

For the university president, see Richard A. Gleeson.

Richard Gleeson
Personal information
Full nameRichard James Gleeson
Born (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2018Northamptonshire (squad no. 33)
2016Rangpur Riders (squad no. 33)
2018→ Lancashire (on loan) (squad no. 11)
2019–presentLancashire (squad no. 11)
2019–presentMelbourne Renegades (squad no. 33)
First-class debut14 August 2015 Northamptonshire v Australians
List A debut8 June 2016 Northamptonshire v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 34 21 50
Runs scored 259 53 24
Batting average 11.26 6.62 4.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 31 13 7*
Balls bowled 5,526 841 984
Wickets 143 28 50
Bowling average 21.34 29.14 25.76
5 wickets in innings 10 1 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 0
Best bowling 6/43 5/47 3/12
Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 August 2020

Initially, Gleeson played for Northants on a match-by-match basis while continuing his full-time job coaching in schools and cricket clubs on behalf of the Lancashire Cricket Board, but in July 2016 he signed a three-year contract with Northants.[6] He signed to play Twenty20 cricket for the Rangpur Riders in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League.[7]

On 29 May 2020, Gleeson was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] On being named in England's training squad, and the possibility of playing for England, Gleeson said "never give up, keep following your dream and keep pursuing things".[10] On 9 July 2020, Gleeson was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland.[11][12] On 27 July 2020, Gleeson was named as one of three reserve players in England's squad for the ODI series.[13][14]

References
  1. "Richard Gleeson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. "Australia tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Northamptonshire v Australians at Northampton, Aug 14-16, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "Royal London One-Day Cup, North Group: Northamptonshire v Lancashire at Northampton, Jun 8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. "Cricket Records | NatWest t20 Blast, 2016". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. Wright, Matt (18 August 2016). "Northants set to be without Gleeson and Prasanna for T20 Blast Finals Day". Northampton Herald and Post. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. "Richard Gleeson Signs Official Contract for Northants County Cricket Club". Lancashirecricket.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  7. "Eighty-five players picked in BPL 2016-17 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. "Richard Gleeson on England hopes: 'Never give up, keep following your dream'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  12. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  13. "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  14. "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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