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Full name | Joseph Leach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stafford, Staffordshire, England | 30 October 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Steve Leach (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Leeds/Bradford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2024 | Worcestershire (squad no. 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 31 March 2012 Leeds/Bradford MCCU v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 26 September 2024 Worcestershire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 27 April 2012 Worcestershire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 27 August 2023 Worcestershire v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:EPSNcricinfo,30 September 2024 |
Joseph Leach (born 30 October 1990) is a former English cricketer who played for Worcestershire. [1] Leach was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. He was born in Stafford,Staffordshire,and was educated at Shrewsbury School. [2]
Leach made his debut for Staffordshire against Buckinghamshire in the 2008 Minor Counties Championship.[ citation needed ] The following season he made a further appearance in that competition for the county,against Northumberland at Osborne Avenue,Jesmond. [3] He also made a single appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy in 2009 against Suffolk. [4] Leach joined Shropshire in 2010,making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cumberland.[ citation needed ]
While studying French and Philosophy at the University of Leeds, [5] Leach made his first appearance for Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2011. [6] The England and Wales Cricket Board conferred first-class status on Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2012,with Leach making his first-class debut against Surrey at The Oval. In Surrey's first-innings of 385 all out,Leach took figures of 4/78 from thirteen overs,the best bowling figures of the innings. In Leeds/Bradford MCCU's first-innings response,Leach was dismissed for a duck by Tom Jewell. In their second-innings,he recorded his maiden first-class half century with a score of exactly 50,before being dismissed by Tim Linley. Leeds/Bradford MCCU narrowly lost the match by 2 runs.[ citation needed ]
Leach played grade cricket in ACT for North Canberra Gungahlin Cricket Club during 2016–2017 season.[ citation needed ]
He developed into a key member of Worcestershire's squad,becoming a first-team regular in 2015. In 2016 he was appointed county captain. [7]
In July 2024,Leach announced he would retire from professional cricket at the end of that year's English county season. [8] He ended his final season as Worcestershire's joint leading County Championship wicket-taker alongside Nathan Smith and Tom Taylor. [9]
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