Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium 2016–present Sussex (squad no. 29) | 2012–2015 Loughborough MCCU Batting style Right-handed | |
Full name Stuart Gordon Whittingham Born 10 February 1994 (age 23) ( 1994-02-10 ) Derby, Derbyshire, England First-class debut 2 April 2015 Loughborough MCCU v Hampshire | ||
Stuart Gordon Whittingham (born 10 February 1994) is a Scottish cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. Whittingham has also represented Loughborough MCC University and the Scotland Under-19 cricket team. Primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he also bats right handed.
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Education
Whittingham was educated at Christ's Hospital School, a boarding independent school near the market town of Horsham in West Sussex, followed by Loughborough University.
Career
Whittingham's first recorded match is for the Sussex U-13 team in June 2007. Other Sussex cricket teams he has also represented are Sussex U-15s and U-17s, the Sussex Academy, and the Sussex Second XI; Whittingham has also played non first class matches for Roffey Cricket Club and Loughborough MCC University Whittingham made two appearances for Scotland U-19s in 2013/14, in warmup matches for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and was named in the squad for the tournament. Whittingham made his first-class cricket debut for Loughborough MCC University against Hampshire in April 2015. His bowling figures were 1/77 and 0/32. Whittingham was awarded a junior professional contract for Sussex for the 2016 English cricket season. He made his first appearance for Sussex in a County Championship match against Derbyshire, taking figures of 2/38. He dismissed Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom, and also hit Billy Godleman on the helmet.