Steven Philip Cheetham (born 5 September 1987) is an 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 str ...

er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who played for

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. He was born in

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, Greater Manchester, and attended Bury Grammar School. Cheetham is a right arm fast/medium bowler and a lower order batsman. Before signing for Lancashire, Cheetham played football for Oldham Athletic.

Career

Cheetham made his debut in

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in a match between Lancashire and Durham University in April 2007. A year later, Cheetham played his maiden list A match; on 18 May, Lancashire played

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. Cheetham took 2/39 as Lancashire lost by six runs. Until his loan to Surrey towards the end of the 2010 season, Cheetham played thirty five list A matches for Lancashire, including one against each of the Bangladesh and West Indies A teams. On 4 August 2010, Cheetham moved to Surrey until the end of the 2010 season on loan. With limited opportunities to play first-team cricket at Lancashire after a run of injuries, there was a greater chance to play at Surrey who at the time had suffered injuries to their bowling attack. Following an injury to Lancashire captain and bowler

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in September, Cheetham was recalled early from his stint with Surrey. In October 2011, the season where Lancashire won the county championship, having been unable to break into Lancashire's first-team due to a serious long term recurring ankle injury, Cheetham was released by the club. He then went on to have one final season with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

References

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