Ross Leslie Alan Hunter (born 27 January 1981) is a former English
cricketer. Hunter was a right-handed
batsman
In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball, ball with a cricket bat, bat to score runs (cricket), runs and prevent the dismissal (cricket), loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since Septembe ...
who played primarily as a
wicketkeeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the batsman out and run out ...
and represented England at Under 15 and 17 level. He was born at
Frimley
Frimley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. The town is of Saxon origin, although it is not listed in Domesday Book of 1086.
Train services to Frimley (on the line between ...
in
Surrey in 1981.
Ross Hunter
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Hunter played a single List-A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
match for the Hampshire Cricket Board
The Hampshire Cricket Board (HCB) was formed in 1996 and is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Hampshire. Following a restructuring in January 2010, the HCB now operates as a limited company.
History and r ...
in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popu ...
. Hunter scored 33 runs and completed one stumping.
Hunter played three Second Eleven Championship matches in 2001 for the Derbyshire Second XI and Second Eleven Friendly matches for Hampshire County Cricket Club prior to that.
Hunter became a professional cricket coach and Head Coach of the England Visually Impaired Cricket Team. He is the 21st coach of an England Cricket Team. He is now using this experience of coaching and elite environments in businesses and organisations.
References
1981 births
Living people
Cricketers from Frimley
English cricketers
Hampshire Cricket Board cricketers
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