Kevin John Innes (born 24 September 1975) is a former English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who used to play for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

and

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

. He retired in 2005.

Career

Innes started his career at

in 1994 as a teenager. In that season he played for England U19's and played 10 Test and ODI matches. After 7 years but only 21 first-class games at the County Ground, Kevin moved to

in search of regular first team action. While at Sussex, he became the first and only 12th man to score a century as

James Kirtley Robert James Kirtley (born 10 January 1975) is a former English Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St. Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College. Kirtley is p ...

was to return from England duty and take his place half way through the match.Williamson, Martin (2003-05-23
Twelfth man who scored a hundred
''Cricinfo.'' Retrieved 2010-06-12. After 24 first-class games in just two years, Innes retired due to injury but a year later turned out for

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...

and other local league clubs. Innes returned to

as the Performance Coach/Fielding coach in 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Innes, Kevin 1975 births Living people English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Sussex cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers Sportspeople from Wellingborough Cricketers from Northamptonshire