26 Facts About Sam Northeast

Sam Alexander Northeast was born on 16 October 1989 and is an English professional cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club.

Sam Northeast captained the Kent First XI for most of the 2015 season before being formally appointed as club captain in 2016.

Sam Northeast captained the side in 2017 before being replaced before the 2018 season after declining to sign a contract extension committing himself to the club in the longer term.

In July 2022, Sam Northeast scored 410 not out in a first-class innings.

Sam Northeast was born in Ashford in Kent in 1989 and grew up in Walmer near Dover.

Sam Northeast first came to prominence when as a 13-year-old schoolboy he scored 19 hundreds during 2003,11 for Wellesley House School in Broadstairs, more than doubling the record for runs scored in a season for the school which had been set by Graham Cowdrey in 1977.

Sam Northeast went on to Harrow School on a sports scholarship, winning a place in the 1st XI at the age of 14 and becoming one of the youngest players to play in the Eton v Harrow match at Lord's and the youngest for 60 years to do so.

Sam Northeast was part of the Harrow cricket team which was touring in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck, escaping injury by climbing on to the roof of the pavilion at Galle.

In 2005, Sam Northeast won seven national cricket awards, including the BBC Test Match Special young cricketer of the year and the Gray-Nicolls best schools cricketer awards.

An allround sportsman, Sam Northeast was a national schools rackets champion, a county squash player and cross-country runner, and was offered county trials in football and rugby union.

Sam Northeast turned down trials with the England Independent Schools football team and held Kent age-group records in the 400 metres and long-jump.

Sam Northeast played for Kent County Cricket Club from 2007 to 2017, captaining the club in 2016 and 2017.

Sam Northeast made his Kent first team debut in a List A cricket match against a touring Sri Lanka A team in July 2007, although the match was abandoned before he had the chance to bat.

Sam Northeast went on to make his first-class cricket debut for Kent on 19 September 2007 in their final County Championship game of the season, against Durham at the St Lawrence Ground.

In July 2009, Sam Northeast showed good form for England Under 19s against Bangladesh.

Sam Northeast followed this with scores of 123,41 and 62 in the One Day Internationals, top scoring on each occasion.

In 2012, Sam Northeast scored 880 runs at an average of 55, despite at times being relegated to the 2nd XI.

Sam Northeast scored his first limited over century on 20 June 2013, making 115 against the Sussex Sharks, in a world record run chase in a 40 over match.

Sam Northeast was appointed Kent's vice-captain in 2014 and acted as the on-field captain for the side throughout most of the 2015 season, including in all one-day matches.

Sam Northeast was touted as a future captain by former Kent captain David Fulton and Darren Stevens.

Sam Northeast scored 2,007 runs in all formats and was chosen in the Professional Cricketers' Association Team of 2015.

Sam Northeast was appointed as Kent club captain on 30 September 2015.

Sam Northeast requested permission to speak to other counties and was allowed to do so.

In July 2022, in the County Championship match against Leicestershire, Sam Northeast scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, turning it into his maiden triple century.

Sam Northeast finished on 410 not out to become the first batsman to score 400 runs in a first-class innings since Brian Lara made 400 not out for the West Indies against England in April 2004.

Sam Northeast was named Glamorgan captain in the county championship ahead of the 2024 season.