Kim Barnett
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Kim John Barnett was an English
cricket
er who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire
from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire
from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides. He was primarily a batsman, but could also deploy effective leg spin
, and topped the English first-class
bowling average
s in 1994 with 13.30, albeit with only thirteen wickets to his name.
for Derbyshire, and was captain between 1983 and 1995. He remained at the club for several more years, until clashes with the county's committee resulted in his leaving for Gloucestershire
in 1999. He was disappointed not to be offered a renewal of his contract after the 2002 season, and retired from first-class cricket
, although he continued to play in regional league competitions.
Barnett played only four Test match
es for England, partly as a result of bad fortune and partly of his own choice. He was selected for the 1988/89 tour to India
, which was cancelled, and then accepted a place on the Mike Gatting
led rebel tour
of South Africa
in 1989/90, and was immediately banned from Test cricket for three years.
Barnett in 479 matches, scored 28,593 first-class runs at an average of 40.38, with 61 centuries and a top score of 239 not out, made against Leicestershire
. He passed 1000 runs in a season 16 times, including eleven consecutive seasons between 1983 and 1993.
He is now coach of the Minor Counties side, Staffordshire
, and still plays for them on occasion.
Barnett was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year
in 1989.
before football took a back seat for cricket.
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...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides. He was primarily a batsman, but could also deploy effective leg spin
Leg spin
Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that...
, and topped the English first-class
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...
bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
s in 1994 with 13.30, albeit with only thirteen wickets to his name.
Life and career
Barnett played the bulk of his county cricketCounty cricket
County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...
for Derbyshire, and was captain between 1983 and 1995. He remained at the club for several more years, until clashes with the county's committee resulted in his leaving for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in 1999. He was disappointed not to be offered a renewal of his contract after the 2002 season, and retired from 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...
, although he continued to play in regional league competitions.
Barnett played only four 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...
es for England, partly as a result of bad fortune and partly of his own choice. He was selected for the 1988/89 tour to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, which was cancelled, and then accepted a place on the Mike Gatting
Mike Gatting
Michael "Mike" William Gatting OBE is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988...
led rebel tour
South African rebel tours
The South African rebel tours were a series of seven cricket tours staged between 1982 and 1990. They were known as the rebel tours because South Africa was throughout this period banned from international cricket due to the apartheid regime...
of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in 1989/90, and was immediately banned from Test cricket for three years.
Barnett in 479 matches, scored 28,593 first-class runs at an average of 40.38, with 61 centuries and a top score of 239 not out, made against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
. He passed 1000 runs in a season 16 times, including eleven consecutive seasons between 1983 and 1993.
He is now coach of the Minor Counties side, Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, and still plays for them on occasion.
Barnett was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season"...
in 1989.
Outside cricket
Barnett used to play for Leek TownLeek Town F.C.
Leek Town Football Club is an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire, currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One South...
before football took a back seat for cricket.