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Stuart Whittingham

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Stuart Whittingham
Personal information
Full name
Stuart Gordon Whittingham
Born (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30)
Derby, Derbyshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 63)6 October 2017 v Papua New Guinea
Last ODI15 December 2019 v UAE
T20I debut (cap 47)16 June 2018 v Ireland
Last T20I19 June 2018 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2015Loughborough MCCU
2016–2018Sussex (squad no. 29)
2019–2020Gloucestershire (squad no. 19)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 5 3 15 6
Runs scored 7 68 7
Batting average 3.50 6.80 3.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3* 22 3*
Balls bowled 251 60 1,993 311
Wickets 8 3 46 11
Bowling average 28.00 26.33 30.19 23.54
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/58 2/33 5/70 3/35
Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 3/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 January 2020

Stuart Gordon Whittingham (born 10 February 1994) is a Scottish former cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club as well as representing his country in One Day Internationals. Whittingham has also represented Loughborough MCC University, Sussex and the Scotland Under-19 cricket team. Primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he also bats right handed. However, in September 2020, Whittingham was forced to retire from cricket due to a back injury.[1]

Education

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Whittingham was educated at Christ's Hospital School,[2] a boarding independent school near the market town of Horsham in West Sussex, followed by Loughborough University.

Career

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Whittingham's first recorded match is for the Sussex U-13 team in June 2007. Other Sussex cricket teams he has also represented are Sussex U-15s and U-17s, the Sussex Academy, and the Sussex Second XI; Whittingham has also played non first class matches for Roffey Cricket Club and Loughborough MCC University[3] Whittingham made two appearances for Scotland U-19s in 2013/14, in warmup matches for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and was named in the squad for the tournament.[4][5] Whittingham made his first-class cricket debut for Loughborough MCC University against Hampshire in April 2015. His bowling figures were 1/77 and 0/32.[6][7] Whittingham was awarded a junior professional contract for Sussex for the 2016 English cricket season.[6] He made his first appearance for Sussex in a County Championship match against Derbyshire, taking figures of 2/38. He dismissed Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom, and also hit Billy Godleman on the helmet.[8][9]

He made his One Day International debut for Scotland against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 6 October 2017.[10] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Scotland against Ireland on 16 June 2018.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Stuart Whittingham: Gloucestershire seamer retires aged 26 due to back injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "County Cricket Debut for OB Stuart Whittingham". Christ's Hospital School. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches Played By Stu Whittingham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Scotland Youth Matches Played By Stu Whittingham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Scotland Under-19s Squad / Players". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b Clark, David (16 November 2015). "Quartet given junior deals at Hove". England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Hampshire v Loughborough Marylebone Cricket Club University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Hatchett bowls Sussex into strong position". England and Wales Cricket Board. 8 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Derbyshire v Sussex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  10. ^ "43rd Match, ICC World Cricket League Championship at Port Moresby, Oct 6 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. ^ "3rd Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Deventer, Jun 16 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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