Cameron Tate Steel (born 13 September 1995) is an English and American

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er who plays for

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. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm leg spin bowler.

Career

While studying at

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, Steel made his first-class debut for

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against Derbyshire on 1 April 2014. In October 2016, after his release from Middlesex, Steel signed for Durham ahead of the 2017 season. He made his

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debut for Durham in the

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on 27 April 2017. He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Durham in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 23 July 2017. In 2017 he scored 224 for Durham against

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. Born in California, Steel holds a United States passport. In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the

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of the

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tournament in Bermuda. On 18 April 2021, Steel signed for Hampshire on a two-month loan deal. On 16 July 2021 Steel signed for Surrey on a two-year contract until the end of the 2023 season. For the remainder of the 2021 season he joined Surrey on loan Steel was part of the

team that won the

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. On 18 September 2023, Steel signed a new multi-year contract extension at Surrey. In the opening three rounds of the

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he was the competition's highest wicket-taker, with 20 wickets.

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* * 1995 births Living people American cricketers English cricketers Durham MCCU cricketers Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham Middlesex cricketers Durham cricketers People from Greenbrae, California Sportspeople from Marin County, California Hampshire cricketers Surrey cricketers Cricketers from California {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub