Luke David Sutton (born 4 October 1976) is an English former
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er. A former right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, he won the
NBC Denis Compton Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and has also played List A and Twenty20 cricket.
Education
Sutton attended
Millfield School and then
Durham University
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, where he was in the same year as
Andrew Strauss.
Career
Somerset:1996–1999
Sutton joined
Somerset as a junior, playing for the club in 1997 and 1998, and the second II in 1999.
Derbyshire: 2000–2005
In 2000 he moved to
Derbyshire, later given the task of captain after
Dominic Cork moved to
Lancashire and
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moved back to Australia due to an injured back. Sutton kept wicket for the Derbyshire side and provided solid middle-order batsmanship.
Lancashire: 2006–2010
He signed for
Lancashire in 2006 as a replacement for
Warren Hegg. On 9 August 2006, Sutton recorded his first century for Lancashire in the Roses match against
Yorkshire, accumulating an unbeaten 151. This is a record as the highest scoring wicket keeper in a Roses match.
Lancashire awarded Sutton his
county cap in April 2007.
Return to Derbyshire: 2011
Towards the end of the 2010 season, it was announced that Sutton would be leaving Lancashire and was looking to join other clubs. Shortly after, Sutton signed a contract with Derbyshire. Three months after Sutton's return to Derbyshire was announced, he was appointed captain, taking over from Australian
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who left the club. In May 2011, a month into the season, Derbyshire's head of cricket,
John Morris, left the club. Sutton was left with a more prominent role in managing the team till the end of the season. In an effort to improve on their last-place finish in the 2010 County Championship, Derbyshire introduced several new players. The team finished fifth in the Second Division in 2011 and third in their CB40 group. Sutton's successful leadership of an inexperienced side was generally praised.
Personal life
He married Jude Hughes in 2008 and they have twins, Albie and Amelie. They divorced in 2018. He is now engaged to Joanna Hepworth and the couple are due to marry in October 2020.
In early December 2011, Sutton retired from all forms of cricket, in part because of his admitted battle with depression.
Data
References
External links
Luke Sutton at Cricket Archive
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1976 births
Living people
People from Keynsham
People educated at Millfield
People educated at Millfield Preparatory School
English cricketers
Somerset cricketers
Lancashire cricketers
Derbyshire cricket captains
British Universities cricketers
Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
Wicket-keepers