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| Full name | Harry Frederick Gurney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1986-10-25)25 October 1986 (age 38) Nottingham,Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 235) | 9 May 2014 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 December 2014 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 69) | 20 May 2014 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 7 September 2014 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Quetta Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,30 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Frederick Gurney (born 25 October 1986) is an English formercricketer who played at international level for theEngland team. Gurney made hisOne Day International debuton 9 May 2014 againstScotland.[1] Domestically, he played forNottinghamshire County Cricket Club after leavingLeicestershire County Cricket Club at the end of the 2011 season. He primarily played as aleft-arm seamer.
Gurney had relative success in Leicestershire's second team and made his first team debut in the 2007 season.
Gurney has also played forLoughborough Town CC and theLeeds/Bradford UCCE,[2] for which he took the wicket of ex-England Test CaptainMichael Vaughan.[3]
In 2009, Gurney shone in T20, taking 8 wickets at an average of 23. However, he struggled to make an impact in the longer form of the game, averaging over 50 in the second division of the County Championship. The following year, Gurney's Twenty20 form dipped, although he improved in the Championship, averaging just over 33.
In 2011, Gurney proved adept particularly inTwenty20 matches, taking 23 wickets during Leicestershire's title winning campaign, although he missed out on Finals Day due to injury. He was though, part of the Foxes squad in the2011 Champions League Twenty20 which took place inIndia. He took 5 wickets in the tournament although Leicester lost both their games in the competition.
In 2012, Gurney left Leicestershire to join Nottinghamshire, following the same path asStuart Broad andJames Taylor. Although he was seen as a one-day specialist, Gurney also featured in the County Championship Division One for the first time in his career. Notts failed to win a trophy but Gurney established himself as an integral part of the team, particularly in the shorter formats of the game.
In 2013, Gurney was Nottinghamshire's leading wicket taker. As well as taking a hat trick in the County Championship, Gurney performed well in the Yorkshire Bank 40 competition, which Nottinghamshire eventually went on to win. Comparisons were made with former Nottinghamshire bowler Ryan Sidebottom, as both are left armed and rely on getting the ball to swing.
Following Gurney's good form for Nottinghamshire, he was called up to the England side for the limited overstour of the West Indies in 2014.[4] He did not play, but retained his place in the squad for the ODI against Scotland. He did not take a wicket on ODI debut in what proved to be a rain affected match.[5] He was selected to make his T20I debut in a match againstSri Lanka, taking figures of 2/26, although England went on to lose the match.[6] In the subsequent ODI series with Sri Lanka, he featured in all five matches taking nine wickets including his career best 4/55 in the fourth ODI atLord's.[7][8]
Gurney was selected in the limited overs squad againstIndia, although he only appeared in the fourth match of the series, taking figures of 1/51.[9] He played in the only T20 match between the sides, taking 1/29 to help England win the game.[10]
Gurney was retained on the limited overstour of Sri Lanka and played in three ODIs taking one wicket.[11] He was omitted from the squad for theTriangular Series in Australia which acted as warm-up for the2015 World Cup.[12]
In November 2018, Gurney was signed by theMelbourne Renegades as a replacement forUsman Khan Shinwari. He was drafted byQuetta Gladiators forPSL 2019. He also played forNorthern Warriors in2018 T10 Cricket League. In December 2018, he was bought by theKolkata Knight Riders in theplayer auction for the2019 Indian Premier League.[13][14] On 7 April 2019, he made hisIPL debut againstRajasthan Royals. He registered bowling figures of 2/25 in 4 overs and was awarded the man of the match award.[15]
In July 2019, Gurney was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in theinaugural edition of theEuro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[16][17] However, the following month, the tournament was cancelled.[18] In July 2020, he was named in theBarbados Tridents squad for the2020 Caribbean Premier League.[19][20]
In September 2020, Gurney underwent a shoulder surgery. As he result, he was ruled out of the2020 Indian Premier League and2020 t20 Blast.[21] He was later replaced byAli Khan in the Kolkata Knight Riders squad.[22]
Gurney was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the2021 IPL auction.[23]
Gurney announced hisretirement from cricket in May 2021 following his shoulder injury.[24] He is co-owner of a country hotel on the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire boundary, along withStuart Broad. Named Tap and Run, in June 2022 it suffered total loss through fire caused by electrical drying of hotel linen overnight, leaving only the shell. Following a full rebuild costing £1.3 million, it reopened in 2023 and was described by the owners as their "second innings".[25][26]