Adam Lyth

Adam Lyth (born 25 September 1987)^[1] is a former English Test cricketer, who has played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club since 2007.^[2] He is a left-handed opening batsman.

Adam Lyth

Lyth in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1987-09-25) 25 September 1987 (age 37) Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Nickname	5 A'Lyth, Peanut[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batter
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 666)	21 May 2015 v New Zealand
Last Test	20 August 2015 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Yorkshire (squad no. 9)
2017	Rangpur Riders
2020	Multan Sultans
2021–23	Northern Superchargers
2022–23	Perth Scorchers
2024	Trent Rockets
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 7 236 122 206 Runs scored 265 14,737 3,765 4,771 Batting average 20.38 39.19 35.18 25.11 100s/50s 1/0 37/74 5/18 1/32 Top score 107 251 144 161 Balls bowled 6 3,597 360 529 Wickets 0 46 6 25 Bowling average – 44.73 61.16 27.36 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 1 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 4/56 1/6 5/31 Catches/stumpings 8/– 317/– 55/– 100/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2024

Career

Domestic career

Adam Lyth collecting the 2008 Yorkshire County Cricket Club Young Player of the Year award from Stewart Regan.

Born 25 September 1987, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Lyth made his first-team debut for Yorkshire in a Pro40 match in 2006, and his first-class debut in May 2007, against Loughborough UCCE. He played for the England under-19 team in five Youth 'Tests' and 13 Youth 'ODIs' between 2006 and 2007.^[3][4]

In the 2008 season, Lyth scored 645 runs in the County Championship, won the Yorkshire County Cricket Club Young Player of the Year award, and signed a three-year contract with Yorkshire at the end of the season.^[5]

On 24 August 2010, Lyth was awarded his county cap on his home ground at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, before the start of Yorkshire's County Championship match against Hampshire.

At the County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road in July 2012, Lyth created a county record, by becoming the first Yorkshire batsman to score over 200 runs, whilst carrying his bat through an entire innings. He also totalled a first-class career best of 248 not out.^[1][6] In 2014 Lyth enjoyed his finest year, scoring 1489 Championship runs, including six centuries, at an average of 67.68.^[7]

On 17 August 2017, Lyth scored the highest ever individual score in the T20 Blast. He scored 161 from 73 deliveries, which consisted of 20 fours and 7 sixes, against Northamptonshire. He built an opening partnership of 127 runs with Tom Kohler-Cadmore. Yorkshire won by 124 runs.^[8]

Lyth has also become an increasingly useful bowler in the T20 format and took a career best 5 for 31 against Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the 2019 T20 Blast and in the process recorded the best ever T20 bowling figures at Trent Bridge.^[9][10]

In the 2020 PSL Playoffs, Adam Lyth was named replacement for the West Indian player Fabian Allen. He was signed by Northern Superchargers for The Hundred 2021 tournament.^[11] In April 2022, he was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred.^[12]

International career

In March 2015, Lyth was named in the England Test squad for the tour of the West Indies, but did not play in the series, with Jonathan Trott being preferred instead.^[13]

Lyth made his Test debut for England against New Zealand in May 2015 and scored his first Test run off the first ball of the game.^[14] He failed to make a significant score in either innings, being dismissed for just seven in the first innings and then losing his wicket while on 12 in the second. Despite this, England went on to win the game by 124 runs to go 1–0 up in the series. In the second Test, Lyth top scored for England with 107, helping them to post 350.^[15] However, he could not follow this up in the second innings, being dismissed for 24 as England lost the game by 199 runs to draw the series 1–1.

Lyth was selected as England's opener for the 2015 Ashes series. Lyth was subsequently dropped from the Test side after the Ashes series after gaining a total of 111 runs from 9 innings.

Outside cricket

Lyth had football trials as a youngster, with Manchester City.^[16]

Lyth played football at semi professional level for Whitby Town in the Northern Premier League. His only appearance was coming on as a substitute against Runcorn in 2006 in a 4–0 victory.^[17]

References

1. "Adam Lyth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
2. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
3. "Under-19 Test Matches played by Adam Lyth (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
4. "Under-19 ODI Matches played by Adam Lyth (13)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
5. "Lyth signs three-year Tykes deal". BBC Sport. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
6. Paul Edwards. "Yorkshire face crunch day after Lyth's record epic". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
7. "Adam Lyth profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
8. "Lyth plunders highest score in English T20 to inspire Yorkshire". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
9. "Full Scorecard of Notts vs Yorkshire North Group 2019 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
10. "Trent Bridge T20 Blast Statistics and Records". T20 Head to Head. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
11. "The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
12. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
13. "Jonathan Trott: England recall Warwickshire batsman". BBC Sport. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
14. "New Zealand tour of England, 1st Test: England v New Zealand at Lord's, May 21–25, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
15. "Adam Lyth century puts England on top before collapse gives New Zealand hope". The Guardian. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
16. Sheringham, Sam (30 September 2014). "Adam Lyth: England Test hopeful who turned down Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
17. "Whitby 4 Runcorn 0 Match Report". Whitby Town FC. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

External links

• Adam Lyth at ESPNcricinfo