Josh Blake (born 18 September 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for
Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a left handed batsman and
wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. T ...
.
Career
Blake signed his first professional contract with
Surrey in 2022 until the end of the 2024 season. He has been coaching at the Surrey Cricket Foundation since 2018 and playing Second XI cricket for Surrey since 2021. Blake played age group cricket with Surrey from under-9s through to under-15s. He has also played for Sutton Cricket Club.
Blake made his senior
Surrey and
List A
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debut on 2 August 2022 in the
One Day Cup match against
Leicestershire at Guildford. Blake made his
Twenty20
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debut on 20 June 2023 in the
T20 Blast
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match against
Glamorgan at
The Oval
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.
On 30 August 2023 Blake signed a new contract with
Surrey after a number of impressive performances during the 2023 season
References
External links
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Living people
1998 births
Surrey cricketers
English cricketers
Cricketers from Croydon
People educated at Trinity School of John Whitgift