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Full name | Simon James King | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Camberwell, Surrey, England | 4 September 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Kingy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007–2011 | Surrey (squad no. 14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,28 May 2011 |
Simon James King (born 4 September 1987) is an English former cricketer who played for Surrey from 2005 to 2011. He was educated at Warlingham School,and The John Fisher School. [1]
Born in Camberwell,grew up in Warlingham,King is predominantly a right arm off break bowler who bats right-handed. [1] He made his debut for Surrey's second XI in 2005,taking 17 wickets in his first season,and took a further 30 the following year. [2] [3] May 2006 saw King selected for the England under-19 side Vs India under-19. [1]
King made his first-team debuts in Twenty20 and first-class cricket in 2009,appearing in matches against Kent,Middlesex and Derbyshire. [1] His first wicket was that of Middlesex's David Nash. [4]
He was released by Surrey at the end of the 2011 season. A season in which King hardly played due to a misdiagnosed stress fracture in his back.
His younger brother,Daryl,came through the age groups from the age of 8 through to academy,he also made appearances for Surrey's second XI in 2009. [5]
The brothers both now run a successful cricket coaching business headquartered in Singapore called King Brothers Cricket. [6]
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