Sam Northeast

Sam Northeast is a top-order, right-handed batsman.

Born in Ashford, Kent, Sam started his professional career at Kent County Cricket Club in 2007, appearing in 136 First-Class matches and accumulating more than 8,000 runs for his home county.

Having impressing the Kent coaches with his leadership and success on and off the pitch, Sam was awarded the Kent Club captaincy from 2015 and the top-order batsman proved himself an excellent performer through all formats, particularly during his time as skipper with white-ball contributions including 4,500 runs in both List A and T20 formats.

His hard-work and success earned him a spot in the South team, for the 2016-17 and 2018 North v South series', before earning a call-up to the England Lions squad for their first-class and List A series in the Caribbean last February.

The right-hander sealed a move to Hampshire ahead of the 2018 season, and he made his Hampshire debut in the Club's season-opener against Worcestershire in April, establishing his place in the top-order.

A finger fracture prevented him from featuring for the majority of May and June, however Northeast returned to feature in Hampshire's final two matches of their triumphant 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup campaign, striking two half-centuries in as many games - including a superb 75* against his former side in the Lord's final - to contribute to the Club's first limited-overs trophy in six years.

Northeast notched up well over 1000 runs in 2019 and 969 of those came in the County Championship, which was enough to earn him an England Lions call up. Sam also stood in as captain during the absence of James Vince due to his international commitments.

More:  

• See Sam's profile on ESPN CricInfo
• See a list of matches and detailed statistics for Sam on Cricket Archive
• Research Sam's career achievements on Player Oracle