Luke Stephen Robinson (born 12 October 2003) is an English cricketer who plays for

Durham County Cricket Club Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic c ...

. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.

Early life

Robinson attended Park View School in

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. His mother Helen and his father Stephen ran the junior cricket department of the Philadelphia Cricket Club in

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. Robinson made headlines as a thirteen year-old when he took six wickets in six balls, all clean bowled, playing age group cricket in 2017 for Philadelphia, with his father umpiring, his mother scoring, and his brother Mathew fielding, and his grandfather Glenn watching.

Career

Robinson signed a professional contract with Durham Academy in May 2022 as an 18-year-old. Robinson made his Durham debut in the

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against

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on 4 June 2022. He took two wickets in three overs on debut.

References

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