Tony Palladino
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Antonio Paul Palladino, or more commonly known as Tony Palladino, (born June 29, 1983 in Tower Hamlets, London
) is an English
cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in London
and currently plays for Derbyshire after being released by Essex at the end of the 2010 season
Palladino, a seam-bowler, made his debut for the Essex Second XI back in 2000, shortly after his seventeenth birthday, but only made two appearances in the competition before leaving to play for Wanstead in the Essex Cricket League - and occasionally for Essex Cricket Board in the County Cup.
He made his debut in the C&G Trophy
in his last game of 2002, and played in the County Championship for the first time against Leicestershire
in 2003. While no Essex bowler was particularly cheap, Palladino took no wickets during his 28-over spell, and, following this game, was called up for two further County Championship appearances this season - even though the first of these saw him capture a career-best 6-41 with the ball, figures which included the prize wickets of Test batsmen Robert Key
and Geraint Jones
.
Palladino played just two County Championship games during 2004, having dislocated his shoulder at the end of the previous season, which proved to hamper his progress, as Essex finished in mid-table in Division Two. He played for British Universities in a 2005 tour of England by Bangladesh, and, following a match against Loughborough UCCE at the beginning of 2006, played five County Championship games in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
London
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) is an English
England
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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. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and currently plays for Derbyshire after being released by Essex at the end of the 2010 season
Palladino, a seam-bowler, made his debut for the Essex Second XI back in 2000, shortly after his seventeenth birthday, but only made two appearances in the competition before leaving to play for Wanstead in the Essex Cricket League - and occasionally for Essex Cricket Board in the County Cup.
He made his debut in the C&G Trophy
C&G Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland...
in his last game of 2002, and played in the County Championship for the first time 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....
in 2003. While no Essex bowler was particularly cheap, Palladino took no wickets during his 28-over spell, and, following this game, was called up for two further County Championship appearances this season - even though the first of these saw him capture a career-best 6-41 with the ball, figures which included the prize wickets of Test batsmen Robert Key
Robert Key (cricketer)
Robert William Trevor Key is an English cricketer. He is the captain of Kent County Cricket Club, and a former member of the England Test match and One Day International sides....
and Geraint Jones
Geraint Jones
Geraint Owen Jones MBE is an England cricketer of Welsh extraction but raised in Australia. Until August 2006 he was the first-choice wicketkeeper for England in both Test and One-day cricket, but fell behind Chris Read, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose...
.
Palladino played just two County Championship games during 2004, having dislocated his shoulder at the end of the previous season, which proved to hamper his progress, as Essex finished in mid-table in Division Two. He played for British Universities in a 2005 tour of England by Bangladesh, and, following a match against Loughborough UCCE at the beginning of 2006, played five County Championship games in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
External links
- Tony Palladino at Cricket Archive