Adam Edward Nicholas Riley (born 23 March 1992) is an English former professional

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er who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 2011 and 2019. Riley played as an

off break Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right-handed spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal delivery is an off break, which spi ...

bowler who also played for the England Lions team and for

Loughborough MCC University Loughborough MCC University (previously known as Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a cricket coaching centre based at Loughborough University in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and the name under which the univers ...

Early life

Riley was born at

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in the

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. He was educated at

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before studying Geography and Sports Management at Loughborough University.Adam Riley
CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-02-10.Hoad A (2011
Off-spinner Adam Riley pens new three-year deal with Kent County Cricket Club
''Kent Online'', 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2018-02-10. He played cricket for both Kent and the Loughborough MCC University team whilst a student.

Cricket career

Riley made his

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debut for Kent against

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in the

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. He took his maiden first-class

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against Loughborough MCCU, taking figures of 5/76 during the season. Riley also made his

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debut against

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in the

2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the second season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Un ...

. as well as his

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debut against the touring Indians.Adam Riley
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-02-07. In June 2013, Riley took seven wickets for 150 runs in a County Championship match against

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.Hoad A (2013
Kent Cricket Club spinner Adam Riley looking to build on career-best display
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'', 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2020-02-07. Riley left Kent by "mutual consent" in June 2019Club statement: Adam Riley
Kent County Cricket Club, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.Hogwood C (2019
Adam Riley leaves Kent after nine seasons in Canterbury

, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.Adam Riley: Kent off-spinner released by mutual consent

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, 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-06-25. after nine seasons with the county. The England coaching setup had intervened to change his delivery during a training camp in 2015 and, despite a number of attempts to revert to his previous, effective action, which was described as having been "very fluid" with "the ability to bowl spin with good pace, control, guile, dip", he had been unable to recover his form.Hogwood C (2019
Adam Riley: Kent head coach Matt Walker expresses sympathy for spinner's 'sad story'
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'', 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-12. After leaving county cricket he moved to work at

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as its head of player development at the end of 2019 as well as continuing to work coaching Kent's under-15 side.Roller M (2020
'The new Swann' at 22, retired five years later: Adam Riley at peace with fall from prominence
CricInfo, 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-02-07.

Career Best Performances

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Adam 1992 births Living people People from Sidcup Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bexley English cricketers Kent cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Greater London