Joe Sayers
Encyclopedia
Joe Sayers is an English
first-class cricket
er, who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University
and Yorkshire
. He is a left-handed opening batsman and right arm off spin bowler
at Headingley Carnegie
in the opening home fixture of the 2007 season, as he carried his bat through the first innings, hitting a then personal best score of 149 not out. In June 2007, he surpassed this score against Kent
at the Nevill Ground
, Royal Tunbridge Wells
, scoring 187. Sayers played club cricket for Hoylandswaine Cricket Club in the Huddersfield Premier League
. His first-class career with Yorkshire commenced in 2004.
in the England Lions squad for the tour match against Australia before the fifth Ashes
Test match
.
. It meant that his season was over before it had really started, and whilst his playing colleagues made a serious attempt at the County Championship
title, Sayers was hardly able to walk at home. His recovery led to him being picked for action in the less successful 2011 campaign.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who has played for the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
and Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
. He is a left-handed opening batsman and right arm off spin bowler
Early career
Sayers hit his sixth first-class century, coming off 318 balls and taking over six and a half hours, against DurhamDurham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
at Headingley Carnegie
Headingley Stadium
Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley in West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, rugby league team Leeds Rhinos and rugby union team Leeds Carnegie ....
in the opening home fixture of the 2007 season, as he carried his bat through the first innings, hitting a then personal best score of 149 not out. In June 2007, he surpassed this score against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
at the Nevill Ground
Nevill Ground
The Nevill Ground is a cricket venue located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. It played host to one One Day International during the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the group stage match between India and Zimbabwe in which Kapil Dev played an epic knock of 175*....
, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent, England, about south-east of central London by road, by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex...
, scoring 187. Sayers played club cricket for Hoylandswaine Cricket Club in the Huddersfield Premier League
Huddersfield Cricket League
The Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League is the premier cricket competition in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.The league has been in existence since 1891 and has 30 teams representing suburbs of Huddersfield and villages in the Huddersfield District area...
. His first-class career with Yorkshire commenced in 2004.
England Lions
On 15 August 2009, Sayers replaced Jonathan TrottJonathan Trott
Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott is a South African-born England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand...
in the England Lions squad for the tour match against Australia before the fifth Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...
Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
.
Illness
In 2010, Sayers was diagnosed with post-viral fatigue syndromePost-viral fatigue syndrome
Post-viral fatigue syndrome is a condition or conditions characterized by fatigue following a viral infection. The term is not widely used, but the state of prolonged or severe fatigue after illness is not uncommon...
. It meant that his season was over before it had really started, and whilst his playing colleagues made a serious attempt at the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
title, Sayers was hardly able to walk at home. His recovery led to him being picked for action in the less successful 2011 campaign.