Robert Ian Keogh is an English

English people

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 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. Keogh is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break

Off break

Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

. He was born in Dunstable

Dunstable

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.-Etymology:In...

, Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....

.

Keogh made his debut in county cricket

County cricket

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 for Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire County Cricket Club

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire and competing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play three-day...

 in the 2009 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk

Suffolk County Cricket Club

Suffolk 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 Suffolk....

. Keogh has to date made six Minor Counties Championship and two MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...

 appearances for Bedfordshire.

In the 2010 season

2010 English cricket season

-External links:* from Cricinfo...

 he made his debut for Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

 in a List A match against Yorkshire

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....

 in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40

2010 Clydesdale Bank 40

The 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament is the inaugural Clydesdale Bank 40 limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties...

. In this match, which remains his sole List A appearance for the county, he scored 11 runs before being dismissed by Steven Patterson

Steven Patterson

Steven Andrew Patterson is an English first-class cricketer, contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club....

. In the 2011 season

2011 English cricket season

The 2011 English cricket season began on 2 April with a round of university matches, and will continue until the final of the Clydesdale Bank 40 on 17 September. Three major domestic competitions are contested: the 2011 County Championship, the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 and the 2011 Friends Life t20...

, Keogh made his Twenty20

Twenty20

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 debut in the Friends Provident t20 against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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. He featured in two more matches in that competition, against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 and Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

Durham 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 Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...

. These were his only appearances for Northamptonshire in 2011.

External links

• Rob Keogh at ESPNcricinfo
• Rob Keogh at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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