Adam Lyth
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Adam Lyth is an English
first-class cricket
er, who has played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
since 2007. He is a left-handed opening batsman, and has represented England at youth level.
He made his first-team debut for Yorkshire in a Pro40 match in 2006, and his first-class debut in May 2007, against Loughborough UCCE
. He was with the England Under-16 squad to South Africa, and the England U-19 squad to Malaysia and India, and home against Pakistan.
In the 2008 season, he scored 645 runs in the County Championship
, won the Yorkshire CCC Young Player of the Year award, and signed a three-year contract with Yorkshire at the end of the season. He was named in England's 2009 winter performance squad as one of the 'C' category players.
In 2010, Lyth became a key member of the Yorkshire team, becoming the first player in the country that year to reach 1,000 runs. On 24 August 2010, Lyth was awarded his county cap on his home ground at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, before the start of Yorkshire's County Championship match against Hampshire
.
English people
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first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who has played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
since 2007. He is a left-handed opening batsman, and has represented England at youth level.
He made his first-team debut for Yorkshire in a Pro40 match in 2006, and his first-class debut in May 2007, against Loughborough UCCE
Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence
Loughborough MCC University is a cricket coaching centre based at Loughborough University in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England and the name under which the university's cricket team plays.- About :The coaching centre is largely funded by the Marylebone Cricket Club...
. He was with the England Under-16 squad to South Africa, and the England U-19 squad to Malaysia and India, and home against Pakistan.
In the 2008 season, he scored 645 runs in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, won the Yorkshire CCC Young Player of the Year award, and signed a three-year contract with Yorkshire at the end of the season. He was named in England's 2009 winter performance squad as one of the 'C' category players.
In 2010, Lyth became a key member of the Yorkshire team, becoming the first player in the country that year to reach 1,000 runs. On 24 August 2010, Lyth was awarded his county cap on his home ground at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, before the start of Yorkshire's County Championship match against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
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