Joseph Leach (born 30 October 1990) is an English
cricket
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er who plays for
Worcestershire
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. Leach is a right-handed
batsman
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who bowls right-arm
medium
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. He was born in
Stafford, Staffordshire, and was educated at
Shrewsbury School
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.
Career
Leach made his debut for
Staffordshire against
Buckinghamshire in the 2008
Minor Counties Championship. The following season he made a further appearance in that competition for the county, against
Northumberland
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at
Osborne Avenue, Jesmond. He also made a single appearance in the
MCCA Knockout Trophy
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in 2009 against
Suffolk.
Leach joined
Shropshire
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in 2010, making his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against
Cumberland.
While studying French and Philosophy at the
University of Leeds
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, ...
,
Leach made his first appearance for
Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2011. The
England and Wales Cricket Board
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conferred
first-class status on Leeds/Bradford MCCU in 2012, with Leach making his first-class debut against
Surrey at
The Oval
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. In Surrey's first-innings of 385 all out, Leach took figures of 4/78 from thirteen
overs, the best bowling figures of the innings. In Leeds/Braford MCCU's first-innings response, Leach was dismissed for a
duck
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by
Tom Jewell. In their second-innings, he recorded his maiden first-class
half century
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with a score of exactly 50, before being dismissed by
Tim Linley
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. Leeds/Bradford MCCU narrowly lost the match by 2 runs.
Leach played grade cricket in ACT for North Canberra Gungahlin Cricket Club during 2016-2017 season
He has developed into a key member of
Worcestershire's squad, becoming a first-team regular in 2015. In 2016 he was appointed county captain.
References
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1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Stafford
People educated at Shrewsbury School
Alumni of the University of Leeds
English cricketers
Staffordshire cricketers
Shropshire cricketers
Leeds/Bradford MCCU cricketers
Worcestershire cricketers