Scott Boswell

Scott Anthony John Boswell (born September 11, 1974 in Fulford, Yorkshire, England) is a British cricketer, who until his retirement specialised as a medium-pace bowler.

In his youth, Boswell played both cricket and rugby for the first team at school and captained his house. After leaving school he attended the University of Wolverhampton, where a shoulder injury stopped him playing rugby. Boswell then went on to play first for Northamptonshire and then for Leicestershire before moving to club cricket.

He is most well-known for [http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4149737FqbNBSF bowling a 14 ball over] in the 2001 C&G Trophy final against Somerset at Lord's, whilst playing for Leicestershire. Cricinfo rated this as the sixth worst over in history [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/story/214551.html Cricinfo - The XI worst overs ] ] and "The Observer" rated him as the 9th biggest choker in the history of sport [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,641727,00.html The 10 greatest chokes in the history of sport | Sport | The Observer ] ] . In the semi-final, where Leicestershire defeated Lancashire, Boswell had taken four wickets for 44 runs, all of them England internationals.

Boswell currently coaches Stoughton and Thurnby in the Leicestershire Premier League and plays for Kibworth. He also coaches at Loughborough University and started his teaching career at the Beauchamp College, in Oadby, Leicestershire, where he also coached the school's cricket teams and the sixth form rugby team. He is currently the Director of Cricket at Nottingham High School.

Scott recently made his return to Lord's as a player, fielding for several overs as twelfth man during Kibworth Cricket Club's rain-abandoned 2008 Cockspur Cup final match.

Career statistics

Batting and fielding averages class mat inns no runs hs ave 100 50 ct st First-class 22 30 10 249 35 12.44 0 0 6 0 List A 47 22 11 63 23* 5.72 0 0 5 0

Bowling averages class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10 First-class 22 2668 1665 42 5/94 39.64 3.74 63.52 0 1 0 List A 47 1963 1496 41 4/44 4/44 36.48 4.57 47.87 1 0 0

Career statistics First-class span 1996 - 2001 List A span 1995 - 2001

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