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Full name | Finlay Joseph Bean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England | 16 April 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Yorkshire (squad no. 33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 5 September 2022 Yorkshire v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 19 August 2022 Yorkshire v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,31 August 2025 |
Finlay Joseph Bean (born 16 April 2002) is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Bean was born in Harrogate,North Yorkshire,England. He was educated at Ripon Grammar School and Queen Ethelburga's College,York. [1]
Playing for Yorkshire second-XI in June 2022,Bean scored a record 441 runs against Nottinghamshire second-XI. It was the highest individual score ever recorded in the Second-XI Championship,beating the previous highest mark of 322 scored by Marcus Trescothick for Somerset against Warwickshire at Taunton in 1997. [2] [3] Following this score Bean was given a contract with Yorkshire until the end of the 2023 season. [4] [5] He scored 61 on his List-A debut for Yorkshire against Kent in the Royal London Cup on 19 August 2022. [6] Bean made his first-class debut for Yorkshire on 5 September 2022 against Lancashire County Cricket Club at Old Trafford. He was praised for the assertiveness of his defensive shots as well as the fluidity of his attacking shots. [7] Bean struck his maiden first-class century on the opening day of the 2023 county cricket season,scoring 118 from 149 balls against Leicestershire at Headingley on 6 April 2023. [8]
On 11 July,2023 Bean hit a new career high score of 135 against Worcestershire. On the same day,it was announced he had signed a new two-year contract with the county cricket club. [9]
In May 2024,he hit a new best first-class score,scoring 173 against Glamorgan at Headingley. [10]
Bean made his maiden first-class double century against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on 24 June 2025,scoring 224. [11]