Jon Hardy
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Jonathan "Jon" Hardy is a Kenyan born former English
cricket
er. Hardy was a left-handed batsman.
Hardy signed for his first club Hampshire
in 1983, making his first-class
debut against Cambridge University
and his List-A debut against Leicestershire
. Hardy spent three seasons with the club before leaving at the end of the 1985 season.
In 1986 Hardy signed for Somerset
, where he would spend five seasons, playing 87 first-class matches and 63 one-day matches for the county. After the 1986 English county season Hardy signed for Western Province in South Africa
. Hardy spent four seasons playing for Western Province.
Hardy left Somerset in 1990, signing instead for Gloucestershire
for the 1991 County Championship season. Hardy spent just one unsuccessful season with the county before being released before after the 1991 season. From 1992 to 1998 Hardy played in the Minor Counties Championship for Dorset
, representing the county in one-day matches in the NatWest Trophy. Hardy's last one-day match came against Hampshire, the county he first joined in 1983. At the end of the 1998 season Hardy retired from all forms of cricket.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Hardy was a left-handed batsman.
Hardy signed for his first club 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...
in 1983, making his first-class
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...
debut against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
and his List-A debut against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
. Hardy spent three seasons with the club before leaving at the end of the 1985 season.
In 1986 Hardy signed for Somerset
Somerset County Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...
, where he would spend five seasons, playing 87 first-class matches and 63 one-day matches for the county. After the 1986 English county season Hardy signed for Western Province in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Hardy spent four seasons playing for Western Province.
Hardy left Somerset in 1990, signing instead for Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
for the 1991 County Championship season. Hardy spent just one unsuccessful season with the county before being released before after the 1991 season. From 1992 to 1998 Hardy played in the Minor Counties Championship for Dorset
Dorset County Cricket Club
Dorset County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Dorset and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, representing the county in one-day matches in the NatWest Trophy. Hardy's last one-day match came against Hampshire, the county he first joined in 1983. At the end of the 1998 season Hardy retired from all forms of cricket.
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