30 Facts About Keaton Jennings

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Keaton Kent Jennings was born on 19 June 1992 and is a South African-born English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and has represented England.

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Keaton Jennings is a left-handed opening batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast.

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Keaton Jennings made his international debut for England in December 2016.

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Keaton Jennings spent the 2011 season in Durham, playing for Academy and Second XI teams.

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Keaton Jennings made his first-class debut for Gauteng in December 2011 against Free State.

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Keaton Jennings played for the South Africa Under-19 cricket team, and was captain of the Under-19 team on its tour to England in 2011.

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Keaton Jennings arrived in England on 2 April 2012, meaning that he became eligible for England selection in April 2016 after a four-year residency period.

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Keaton Jennings played Second XI cricket for Durham in 2012, and made his first team debut against Surrey in August 2012.

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Keaton Jennings reached a second first-class century in the final match of the 2013 season, against Sussex, when Durham had already won the 2013 County Championship but he made less impact in the following two seasons.

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Keaton Jennings had a successful season for Durham in 2016, scoring heavily with the bat, becoming the leading run-scorer, with 1,548 runs at a batting average of 64.5, including six centuries plus a double century against Yorkshire, and scoring 88 in the final of the 2016 NatWest T20 Blast competition.

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Keaton Jennings was selected as the County Championship player of the year by the Cricket Writers' Club, and joined the England Lions tour to the United Arab Emirates.

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Keaton Jennings was linked with a move away from Durham due to the club's financial problems, but he eventually agreed a new deal to stay at the club.

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On 27 August 2020, on the opening day of the 2020 t20 Blast, Keaton Jennings scored his first century in a T20 match against his former side, Durham, scoring 108 runs from 63 balls.

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On 28 May 2021, Keaton Jennings completed his maiden Roses Hundred for Lancashire in the match against Yorkshire at Old Trafford.

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In July 2022, Keaton Jennings scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket, with 318 runs against Somerset.

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Keaton Jennings had the highest run total of any batsman in the 2022 County Championship Division One and won the Fans Player of the Season award.

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Ahead of the 2023 season, Keaton Jennings was announced as the new captain of Lancashire in all three formats.

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On 22 April 2023, Keaton Jennings would suffer a hamstring injury whilst batting in a County Championship match against Somerset at Taunton and was forced to retire hurt on a score of 189*.

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In May 2023, Lancashire announced that Keaton Jennings would be out of action for a sizeable portion of the season due to the injury.

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In November 2016, Keaton Jennings was named in England's Test squad for the final two matches of their series against India to replace the injured Haseeb Hameed.

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Keaton Jennings was the 101st person to score a century on his Test debut, against India on 8 December 2016, and became the third English cricketer to score a century on debut against India.

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Keaton Jennings's second England innings was a contrast to his first as he was dismissed on the first ball he faced.

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Keaton Jennings made 54 in the second innings to get England off to a good start.

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Keaton Jennings was selected for two England Lions matches against the South African touring team in June 2017.

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Keaton Jennings scored a century against the home side in the second innings of the first test to set a winning target for his team.

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Keaton Jennings played a crucial role in the field as part of England's victory in the third and final Test, taking four catches at short leg in Sri Lanka's first innings to restrict them to a total of 240.

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In so doing, Keaton Jennings equalled the England record for number of catches taken in a single Test innings.

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On 29 May 2020, Keaton Jennings was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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On 17 June 2020, Keaton Jennings was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.

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On 12 October 2022, Keaton Jennings was recalled to the Test team for the 3-match Test series against Pakistan.