Stephen John Adshead (born 29 January 1980 in

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper who, in nearly 10 years as a first-class cricketer, has played for

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and

. Adshead's first-class best of 156

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came against

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in 2009.Essex v Gloucestershire, LV County Championship 2009 (Division 2)
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having played 70 of his 73 first-class games for the county. In all he scored 3077 runs, including 3 hundreds, at 32.05 and took 192 catches and completed 15 stumpings. He scored 1566 runs in 99 list A one-day matches, taking 103 catches and 30 stumpings. He also played 49 twenty/20 matches. Adshead recorded a score of 240* coming from just 169 deliveries on Saturday 5 May 2012 playing for Astwood Bank 1st XI.

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