David Stiff

This article is about the English cricketer. For the Australian basketball player, see David Stiff (basketball).

David Stiff

Personal information
Full name	David Alexander Stiff
Born	20 October 1984 (1984-10-20) (age 27) Dewsbury, England
Nickname	Stiffler
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2010	Somerset (squad no. 18)
2006–2007	Leicestershire
2004–2006	Kent
2001–2003	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition	FC	List A
Matches	20	1
Runs scored	321	–
Batting average	22.92	–
100s/50s	0/0	–
Top score	49	–
Balls bowled	2578	30
Wickets	43	1
Bowling average	44.32	27.00
5 wickets in innings	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/91	1/27
Catches/stumpings	1/–	0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 June 2010

David Stiff (born 20 October 1984 in Dewsbury) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He went to school at Silcoates School, Wakefield but later moved to Batley Grammar School.

The former-Yorkshire fast bowler made headlines for a spell of bowling against Uganda of 4 for 7,^[1] identical to fellow bowler Tim Bresnan.

In 2004 Stiff decided to leave Yorkshire amid a lot of interest from other counties. He apparently had interest from a dozen counties and took the opportunity to play for Kent. He toured Australia with the Under-17s in 2001, and with the Under-19s in 2003, also playing in the Under-19s World Cup in Bangladesh.

In 2007, Stiff was released by Kent and went to Leicestershire. At the start of the 2009 season Stiff joined Somerset on a two month trial and on 14 May 2009 he accepted an extension to his contract which would last until the end of that season. In August 2010, Somerset's Director of Cricket, Brian Rose announced that Stiff's contract would not be renewed for the 2011 season.^[2]

References

1. ^ England overwhelm Uganda
2. ^ "Somerset Release Three Players". Somerset County Cricket Club. 2010-08-23. http://www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Newsdetail/0,,11333~2132096,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 

External links

• David Stiff at ECB

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Name	Stiff, David
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Date of birth	20 October 1984
Place of birth	Dewsbury
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