Daniel James Redfern (born 18 April 1990) is an English cricketer born at Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He is one of the youngest players ever to play List A limited overs cricket. He made his debut for Derbyshire Phantoms in a NatWest Pro40 League match against Worcestershire Royals at New Road, Worcester on 3 September 2006, aged 16 years and 138 days. He is a left-handed batsman and an off-spin bowler and has played 11 times for England Under-19s. He attended Haberdashers' Adams, in Newport, Shropshire.

Daniel Redfern
Personal information
Full name
Daniel James Redfern
Born (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34)
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–2013Derbyshire (squad no. 19)
2014–2015Leicestershire (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 85 50 16
Runs scored 3,905 765 117
Batting average 28.71 19.61 9.00
100s/50s 2/29 0/3 0/0
Top score 133 57* 43
Balls bowled 1,364 424 201
Wickets 21 9 10
Bowling average 38.80 39.00 24.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/33 2/10 2/17
Catches/stumpings 41/– 11/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 August 2016

A product of Derbyshire's Academy, he signed his first professional contract in July 2008, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2010 season.[1]

Following this, he scored his maiden One Day half-century in a tied Pro40 match against Yorkshire, hitting 57 not out but as Derbyshire narrowly missed out on a win. In August, he made his first Championship start of the year, in a high-scoring draw against Warwickshire, where he scored 11 runs and took one for seven in Warwickshire's second innings.

On 5 April 2012, Redfern hit his maiden first-class century in a 160 partnership for the sixth wicket. After being put in at 50/4, Redfern hit 110 in 143 balls, spending the best part of three hours at the crease.[2]

In October, Redfern signed a three-year contract with Derbyshire after helping them to achieve promotion. He averaged 37.71 in first-class in 2012.

On 24 February 2014, Redfern joined Leicestershire on a two-year contract,[3] but it was not renewed, and he was released from the club in late 2015.

In December 2015, Redfern signed for Shropshire - as well as returning to play in the North Staffs and South Cheshire League with Leycett.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Redfern nets first pro Derby deal, BBC Sport, Retrieved 21 September 2009
  2. ^ Redfern hits maiden ton - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17614111
  3. ^ "Redfern joins Leicestershire". ESPNcricinfo. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Redfern returns home to sign for Shropshire". Shropshire CCC. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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