18 Facts About Simon Kerrigan

Simon Christopher Kerrigan was born on 10 May 1989 and is a retired English cricketer who last played for Northamptonshire.

The 2012 season saw Simon Kerrigan replace Keedy as Lancashire's main spinner in first-class cricket.

Simon Kerrigan played his only Test match in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval in 2013.

Simon Kerrigan received his first contract with Lancashire in September 2008 along with ten other young cricketers.

In 2009, Simon Kerrigan broke into Lancashire's second team which progressed to the final of the Second XI Championship and the semi-final of the Second XI Trophy.

Lancashire coach Peter Moores said "We're lucky in some ways in that we've got Stephen Parry, who played quite a lot of first-team cricket last season, but we've got Simon Kerrigan, who bowled beautifully to take six wickets in the pre-season game against Yorkshire in Barbados and we could use Steven Crofty's off-spin".

Simon Kerrigan made his first-class debut in Lancashire's first match of the season taking his maiden five wicket haul and finishing with seven wickets in the match to help Lancashire to victory over Warwickshire.

When Keedy returned from injury he and Simon Kerrigan sometimes bowled together in the County Championship.

Simon Kerrigan took five wickets for seven runs in Warwickshire's second innings to take his team to a 147-run victory.

Simon Kerrigan contributed 24 wickets from the four Championship matches he played that season, placing him sixth on Lancashire's list of leading wicket-takers for the competition.

Simon Kerrigan was included in the 16-man England Lions squad to tour Bangladesh in January 2012.

Simon Kerrigan finished as Lancashire's leading wicket-taker in the Championship, with 44 wickets at an average of 34.81.

Simon Kerrigan was one of two Lancashire bowlers to take more than 30 wickets in the competition that year.

Simon Kerrigan's rise meant Keedy was restricted to four appearances in the County Championship and at the end of the year Keedy left the club.

On 21 August 2013, Simon Kerrigan made his Test match debut along with seam bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes.

Simon Kerrigan was replaced as England's second spinner in the squad by Monty Panesar, but was still included in the England Performance Squad.

Moeen Ali was preferred initially, though on 13 July 2014 Simon Kerrigan was called up for the Indian-England 2014 test series.

Simon Kerrigan was released by Lancashire in 2018, but in 2020 he signed for Northamptonshire, a county he had previously played for on loan.