Full name Robert Irving Newton Role Cricket Bowler Name Rob Newton | Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 18 January 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-01-18 ) Taunton, England 2009– Northamptonshire (squad no. 21) Current team Northamptonshire County Cricket Club (#21) | ||
Bowling style Right-arm leg break | ||
Robert Irving "Rob" Newton (born 18 January 1990) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. He is an aggressive right-handed top order batsman. Newton enjoyed a prolific cricket record while at school and was tipped by The Wisden Cricketer as 'one to watch'. He made his Northamptonshire first-team debut in 2009.
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Early life
Although born in Taunton, he moved from Somerset at an early age to Norfolk. He first recalled playing cricket in the back garden aged four or five. From there he attend Taverham Hall prep school before boarding at Framlingham College in Suffolk. He made his senior club cricket debut for Swardeston in the 2003 season, aged just 13, scoring five runs. After an impressive schools career which included averaging 94.70 as a 15-year-old at Framlingham and also a double century against the MCC, he was awarded a place on the Northants Academy in 2005. From there he regularly played for Northamptonshire under-17's and then from the age of 19, the second XI. Also during this period, he played for England under-17s and captained MCC under-18s.
Career
Newton made his one-day debut for Northamptonshire aged 19 in September 2009 against Middlesex scoring seven. In 2010 people began to take note of his ability after an impressive performance in scoring his maiden one-day fifty against Essex and decent scores in his debut first-class game against Worcestershire when a lot of others around him failed. He scored his first first-class century against Leicestershire in the final game of the 2010 season.
In August 2012 he achieved the feat of scoring a century in each innings against Derbyshire. His highest first-class score to date came in August 2016, with 202 not out against Leicestershire.
In May 2017, he scored his first century in List A cricket, when he made 107 for Northamptonshire against Worcestershire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup.