19 Facts About Adam Rouse

Adam Paul Rouse was born on 30 June 1992 and is a Zimbabwean-born English former professional cricketer.

Adam Rouse played for England at under-19 level and made his first-class debut in 2013 for Hampshire County Cricket Club.

Adam Rouse played for Gloucestershire in 2014 before joining Kent County Cricket Club ahead of the 2016 season.

Adam Rouse retired from professional cricket at the start of the 2020 season.

In 2010, Adam Rouse played two Youth Test matches and five Youth One Day Internationals for the England Under-19 side against Sri Lanka Under-19s.

Later in the year Adam Rouse had his development contract renewed.

Adam Rouse captained the Hampshire Second XI for the majority of the 2012 season.

Adam Rouse made his First Class cricket debut for Hampshire in 2013 against Kent, appearing once for the county in a one-day game against the touring Bangladesh A team.

Adam Rouse was released by the club at the end of the 2013 season, joining Gloucestershire for a two-month spell in 2014.

Adam Rouse played in 13 matches for Gloucestershire in all domestic competitions before being released when first choice wicket keeper Gareth Roderick returned from injury.

Adam Rouse featured for Surrey and Kent's second eleven teams during the season.

In January 2016, following Ryan Davies' departure to Somerset, Adam Rouse signed a two-year permanent contract with Kent.

Adam Rouse made his Kent first-class debut in a university match in April 2016, replacing Sam Billings who was playing in the 2016 Indian Premier League.

Adam Rouse became Kent's regular wicket-keeper in Billings absence at the start of the 2016 season and by the end of May was leading the first-class wicket-keeping dismissals with 26 victims.

Once Billings returned to Kent Adam Rouse became the reserve 'keeper, although he continued to play when Billings was injured or on England duty, making eight appearances for Kent during the season.

Adam Rouse scored his maiden List A half-century in the team's final match of the tournament playing as a specialist batsman.

Adam Rouse continued to keep wicket at the start of the 2017 County Championship season, taking 13 catches and making a new first-class highest score of 95 not out in the first block of matches before signing a new contract with Kent in late April.

Adam Rouse played in Billings' absences for Kent throughout 2017 and again in 2018, playing occasionally as wicket-keeper in games Billings played in, and made one first-class appearance for Surrey in July 2018 in a tour match against West Indies A with Surrey suffering from a shortage of available wicket-keepers.

Adam Rouse retired from professional cricket in July 2020, at the start of the 2020 season which had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having made 84 senior appearances in his career.