Craig overton

Ahead of a potential Test comeback, Craig Overton talks to Taha Hashim about how he’s changed as a bowler, the long queue ahead of him, and the racism allegations that marred his early career. The numbers are frankly ridiculous. Since the start of last summer, Craig Overton has taken 66 first-class wickets in 12 matches at an average of 13.12. Five five-wicket hauls and sheer relentlessness with the cherry-red Dukes – no wonder he’s in the Test squad for the New Zealand series. If he plays, it’ll be an opportunity to After that Ashes series, Overton wanted to know what to do next. He approached then chief selector Ed Smith, who said a case could be rebuilt if the Somerset quick married his accuracy with a little bit of extra pace. “I want to be improving all the time,” the 27-year-old tells Wisden. “I wanted to be playing for England, I wanted to be playing at the highest level and I needed to find out what they thought of me. They thought that, and I’ve gone away to try and work at that and that’s all you can do as a cricketer.” Overton sought the help of his county’s coaching staff and found those extra knots. Was it a difficult process? “Not really!” he says nonchalantly. He explains that he’s always had a little bit extra packed in the reserves. “Because the seamers can bowl so much week-in-week-out [in county cricket], you tend not to bowl at 100 per cent all the time just because it’s not really possible. “I’ve had to learn to bowl at 100 per cent all the time, and i...

• Test debut(cap 2 December 2017v Last Test 24 March 2022v ODI debut(cap 21 June 2018v Last ODI 17 July 2022v ODI shirt no. 32 Domestic team information Years Team 2012–present (squadno.7) 2021 Career statistics Competition Matches 8 7 122 75 Runs scored 182 68 3,257 824 15.16 22.66 20.61 22.27 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/13 0/2 Top score 41 32 138 66 1,472 308 20,537 3,444 21 5 428 95 36.19 58.20 23.40 32.16 0 0 17 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 3/14 2/23 7/57 5/18 Catches/ 7/– 4/– 104/– 33/– Source: 14 June 2023 Craig Overton (born 10 April 1994) is an English Domestic career [ ] Overton made his first-team debut for Somerset in the Overton was unable to play throughout much of the 2013 season due to a stress fracture of the back. He managed to play a single first-class match in which he took just a single wicket. The 2014 season saw Overton become a regular selection for the first-team as he played 27 matches across all three formats. His batting improved greatly as he scored 431 runs in the County Championship in which he averaged 30.78 while also taking 42 wickets at 28.52. In 2015, Overton was the leading wicket-taker for Somerset in both the During a County Championship match against Overton enjoyed another successful season in 2016 as he again made over 400 runs and took 34 wickets in the County Championship. In 2021, he was drafted by International career [ ] Overton first played international cricket for Overton received his first international call-up in June...

Craig Overton says he is quicker and more skilful as he targets England Test comeback vs New Zealand After a chat with former England national selector Ed Smith, Craig Overton says he has added more pace and skill to his bowling; seamer has starred for Somerset in domestic cricket and now hoping for Test recall against New Zealand at Lord's on June 2 Image: Overton has played four Tests for England to date, most recently against Australia at Emirates Old Trafford in 2019 He picked up 11 wickets in total as England Lions went unbeaten in Australia in the 2019-20 winter, including six scalps in the unofficial Test win over Australia A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Then, after a stint in the England bubble last summer, he picked up 30 wickets in six games for Somerset in the Bob Willis Trophy - the most by an Englishman - at an average of 13.43. Trending • Transfer Centre LIVE! Real Madrid's Bellingham explains his move... • US Open: Fowler leads Schauffele after record-breaking round LIVE! • Man Utd shares up 10 per cent but Qataris still waiting on exclusivity • Bellingham passes first test on Real unveiling as new No 5 • Mbappe: Macron has no influence on my career • Papers: Man Utd pull out of Kane chase | Arsenal offered Neves • Beckham to join Brentford B permanently from Inter Miami • Arsenal's £80m-plus Rice bid rejected | West Ham want £120m • PL fixtures 2023/24: Man City open season at Kompany's Burnley • US Open: Full R1 groupings and tee times • • This season ...

FULL NAME Craig Overton PLACE OF BIRTH Barnstaple, Devon, England BORN 10 April 1994 HEIGHT 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) EYE COLOUR Dark Brown JERSEY NO. 32 (ICC) BATTING STYLE Right Handed BOWLING STYLE Right Arm Fast Medium ROLE Allrounder BROTHER Jamie Overton ZODIAC SIGN Aries HOBBIES Playing Cricket CRAIG OVERTON’S INSTAGRAM CRAIG OVERTON’S FACEBOOK CRAIG OVERTON’S TWITTER CRAIG OVERTON BIOGRAPHY CRAIG OVERTON’S NEWS THEN VS NOW OF CRAIG OVERTON DEBUT IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET OF CRAIG OVERTON • ODI – 21 June 2018 vs Australia at Chester-Le-Street • Test – 2 December 2017 vs Australia at Adelaide CRICKET & MORE OF CRAIG OVERTON • Domestic/IPL Franchise – England U19, Somerset, England, England Lions, MCC World XI, Team Stokes, Team Root, Southern Brave, MI Emirates • Nature on the field – Aggressive • Like to play against – Australia and Pakistan

Watch: Overton was attempting to rescue a calamitous collapse in Somerset’s first innings at the time of the incident. Batting at eight, he was only the third batter to make it into double figures in response to Essex’s 462-9 declared. Facing up to The ball then popped up with both keeper and Browne looking to catch it, Browne just completing the catch in the end. The umpire at the bowlers’ end, David Millns, did not give his decision straight away, despite the Essex fielders celebrating. After a brief chat with Nigel Llong at square-leg, Millns raised his finger and Overton stood in the middle in disbelief before walking off the field. His displeasure at the decision was clear as he walked off shaking his head. Somerset were eventually bowled out for 167, 295 runs behind Essex. A video of the dismissal was later posted on Somerset CCC Twitter account, which showed the dismissal in extreme slow-motion. From the video it could clearly be seen that the ball had bounced before ricocheting off Browne’s boot. The admin of the page captioned the video: “WICKET: Craig Overton has been given out caught………..” Watch: Craig Overton given out caught despite ball bouncing into ground, Somerset post extreme slo-mo in protest WICKET: Craig Overton has been given out caught…………. — Somerset Cricket 🏏 (@SomersetCCC)