1. Steven Michael Davies was born on 17 June 1986 and is a retired English first-class cricketer, a left-handed batsman who last played for Somerset.
24 Facts About Steven Davies
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Steven Davies batted in the middle order in first-class cricket and opened in limited-overs.
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Steven Davies played primarily as a wicket-keeper, featuring in ODI and Twenty20 cricket in this role for England.
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In 2004, too, Steven Davies was awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award.
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Steven Davies made his first-class debut against Loughborough UCCE in April 2005, making 6 and 37 as his county succumbed to an unimpressive eight-wicket defeat.
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Towards the end of the 2008 domestic season, Steven Davies hit an outstanding run of form in the 40-over Natwest League, in which he both kept wicket and opened the batting; his scores in August were 16 off 18 balls, 103 not out off 100,59 off 53,92 off 93, and 119 off 87.
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On 25 August 2009, it was announced that Steven Davies would move from Worcestershire at the end of the season.
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Early in the 2014 season, Steven Davies gave up wicket-keeping to concentrate on batting.
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On 14 September 2016, Surrey announced that Steven Davies had turned down a new contract so would leave the club at the end of the season.
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Steven Davies then signed a three-year deal with Somerset, with the aim of returning to both wicket-keeping and international cricket.
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Steven Davies retired at the end of the 2023 season.
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On 19 September 2005 Steven Davies was named in the 17-man ECB National Academy squad.
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Steven Davies was named in the England A squad touring Bangladesh in 2007.
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Steven Davies made his Twenty20 International debut for England, opening the batting along with Ravi Bopara against the West Indies in Port of Spain on 15 March 2009, top-scoring with 27 from 21 balls as England reached 55 for 1, before collapsing to 121 all out.
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In October 2009, Steven Davies was called up to England's Test squad for the first time.
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Geoff Miller, England's chairman of selectors, said "Steven Davies is a player of great potential who has been a consistent performer for his county and he will act as understudy to Matt Prior in South Africa".
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Steven Davies made his ODI debut in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia on 2 October, after regular wicket-keeper Matt Prior fell ill, but only scored 5 runs in a 9-wicket defeat.
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Steven Davies had to wait nearly a year for his next appearance.
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However, when the squad for the 2011 World Cup was announced before the second ODI, Steven Davies was left out in favour of Prior, who then joined up with the ODI side despite not originally being selected in the squad.
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Steven Davies had to wait until England toured the UAE in January 2012 for a recall.
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Steven Davies was included as cover for Prior in the 16-man squad to face Pakistan in three Tests.
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Steven Davies is openly gay; he came out publicly on 27 February 2011 in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.
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Steven Davies had come out to his family five years earlier and was already out to his teammates.
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Steven Davies became the first male international cricketer to come out as gay.