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Ed Young
Personal information
Full name	Edward George Christopher Young
Born	21 May 1989 (age 35); Chertsey, Surrey, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
2010–2013	Gloucestershire (squad no. 30)
First-class debut	11 April 2009 Oxford UCCE v Worcestershire
List A debut	24 July 2010 Unicorns v Lancashire
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2019

Edward George Christopher Young (born 1989) is an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who last played for Gloucestershire. He made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Worcestershire in April 2009. Young signed a two-year development contract with Gloucestershire in August 2010 whilst also studying at Oxford Brookes University.^[1] Young's older brother, Peter was also a cricketer and also played nine first-class games for Oxford UCCE.^[2]

County career

Born 21 May 1989, Chertsey, Surrey, England, Young made his debut for Oxford UCCE in a 3-day match against Worcestershire. The game was affected by rain with no play on day one. Due to the weather Young bowled only 3 overs for 22 runs and was 0 not out from one ball in a drawn match.^[3] Young made his highest first-class score of 133 runs from 179 balls against Lancashire in April 2011.^[4] In April 2011 Young scored 80 runs from 111 balls for Oxford against Nottinghamshire in a drawn match, he also took one wicket in the match that of Andy Carter.^[5] In late May 2011, Young played for Gloucestershire in a first-class match against Essex. He scored 51 not out in 126 balls in a drawn match at Bristol.^[6] In June 2011, Young took 2 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 overs in a Twenty20 loss against Essex.^[7] Young also starred with the ball in a Twenty20 match against Hampshire in June 2011. He conceded only 14 runs and took 2 wickets in his maximum 4 overs in a 9 run loss.^[8]

In the winter of 2011, Young was part of Darren Lehmann's cricket academy in Adelaide. He returned from this experience to take a more active part in the County Championship during the 2012 season.^[9]

Young played in just one County Championship game in 2013 and was consequently released by Gloucestershire on 8 October 2013.^[10]

Career best performances

as of 1 October 2013

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	133	Oxford MCCU v Lancashire	Oxford	2011	2–23	Gloucestershire v Kent	Canterbury	2012
LA	50	Gloucestershire Gladiators v Nottinghamshire Outlaws	Nottingham	2011	3–25	Gloucestershire Gladiators v Lancashire Lightning	Bristol	2012
T20	28	Gloucestershire Gladiators v Surrey Lions	The Oval	2011	3-21	Gloucestershire Gladiators v Glamorgan	Cheltenham	2013

References

^ "Ed Young Gloucestershire profile". Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Peter Young Cricinfo profile". Espn Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Oxford UCCE v Worcesterhsire". Espn Cricinfo. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Oxford v Lancashire". Espn Cricinfo. 2–4 April 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Oxford v Nottinghamshire". Espn Cricinfo. 9–11 April 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Gloucestershire v Essex". Espn Cricinfo. 29 April – 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Gloucestershire v Essex". Espn Cricinfo. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Gloucestershire v Hampshire". Espn Cricinfo. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "Young on Australian learning curve". Lord's. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
^ "Ed Young to leave Gloucestershire". Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.