Stephen Sean Eskinazi (born

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) is a South African-born

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er who plays for Middlesex and captains the t20 team. Born in South Africa and raised in Australia, he is a dual citizen of

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and the United Kingdom. Eskinazi is a right-handed batsman who also an occasional wicketkeeper.

Career

Eskinazi was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to an English mother and a Zimbabwean father. He moved with his family to Australia at a young age. Eskinazi attended high school at

Christ Church Grammar School , motto_translation = God is our leader, learning is our light , established = , founder = William Joseph McClemans , type = Independent single-sex early learning, primary, and secondary day and boarding school , gender = Boys , deno ...

, Perth, later attending the University of Western Australia. He holds British and Australian citizenship. Eskinazi made his List A debut for Middlesex in the

2018 Royal London One-Day Cup The 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2018 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and have List A cricket status. All 18 ...

on 17 May 2018. He was awarded his county cap by club president John Emburey during the County Championship match versus Derbyshire at Lord's in September 2018. During the enforced absence of Peter Handscomb due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was appointed club captain during the 2020 season. On 24 June 2021, in the

2021 T20 Blast The 2021 Vitality Blast was the 2021 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. It was the fourth season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), t ...

, Eskinazi scored his first century in a T20 match, with an unbeaten 102 runs. He replaced Eoin Morgan as t20 captain for the 2022 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eskinazi, Stephen 1994 births Living people English cricketers Middlesex cricket captains Middlesex cricketers People educated at Christ Church Grammar School People from Johannesburg Wicket-keepers