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Full name | Emilio Nico Gay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | 14 April 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019–2024 | Northamptonshire (squad no. 19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | →Durham (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,16 November 2024 |
Emilio Nico Gay (born 14 April 2000) is an English - Italian cricketer who plays for Durham,having previously been with Northamptonshire- alongside the Italian national team. [1] Of Afro-Caribbean ancestry,his father's family came from Grenada,whilst his mother is English and Italian. [2] He was born in Bedford,England, [3] and educated at Bedford School. [4] [5]
Gay became involved with Northamptonshire's academy programme at under-15 level,and was named their Player of the Year in 2018. [6] He was awarded his first professional contract with the club in 2019, [7] making his first-class debut on 23 September against Gloucestershire in that year's County Championship [8] (due to bad weather during the match,he did not play his first innings until the following season). In January 2021,he signed a new two-year deal with Northamptonshire. [9] He recorded his maiden first-class century in the 2021 County Championship,when he scored 101 against Kent at Canterbury on 3 June. [10] He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 July 2021,for Northamptonshire in the 2021 T20 Blast. [11] He made his List A debut on 25 July 2021,for Northamptonshire in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. [12] He made his maiden first-class double century on 13 April 2024,during a County Championship match against Middlesex. [13] [14] Finishing with 261 from 401 balls,his score was the highest recorded by a Northamptonshire batsman in a Championship game between the two sides. [15]
In 2024,Gay turned down the offer of a contact extension at Northamptonshire,with Durham and Warwickshire reported to be amongst the clubs interested in signing him. [16] [17] He was ruled out of the county's remaining games in the season's One-Day Cup,but not the County Championship. [18] On 5 August,it was confirmed that he had agreed a three-year deal with Durham, [19] [20] to whom he was loaned for the final two rounds of the Championship. [21]
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