Stephen Moreton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Stephen Moreton

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1984

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Stephen Moreton

  • Stephen John Patrick Moreton (born 9 September 1984) is a former Irish cricketer.
  • Moreton is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break.
  • He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire. While attending Oxford Brookes University, Moreton made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Gloucestershire at the University Parks in 2005.
  • Moreton made five further first-class appearances for Oxford UCCE, the last of which came against Durham in 2006.
  • In his seven first-class matches, he scored a total of 273 runs at an average of 24.81, with a high score of 74.
  • This score, which was one of two half centuries he made came against Lancashire.
  • With the ball, he took 8 wickets at a bowling average of 37.12, with best figures of 2/24.In August 2005, Moreton was rated as having bowled the fifth worst over of all time by Simon Lister when writing for the website Cricinfo.
  • The over in question came on his first-class debut against Gloucestershire.
  • Moreton was given the ball close to the close of play on day two of the match, by which stage Gloucestershire had a first-innings lead approaching 400 and Craig Spearman unbeaten on 136.
  • Spearman dispatched Moreton's first over in first-class cricket for 34 runs, hitting 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, to advance his score to 170.
  • The over ranks as the seventh most expensive of all time in first-class cricket.After playing first-class cricket for Oxford UCCE, Moreton had spells playing Second XI cricket for first-class county second XI's, while in 2007 he played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Staffordshire against Suffolk.
  • Having been unable to secure a career playing the game, Moreton moved onto coaching.
  • In November 2010, he was named as the coach of the Ireland women's cricket team, replacing Paul Delany who had resigned earlier in the year.
  • His appointment was on a temporary basis and he was later replaced by Jeremy Bray.

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