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| Full name | Toby Alexander Radford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1971-12-03)3 December 1971 (age 53) Caerphilly,Glamorgan,Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Hampshire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,11 June 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toby Alexander Radford (born 3 December 1971) is a Welsh cricket coach, formerfirst-classcricketer and cricket administrator.
The son of journalist Brian Radford, Radford was born atCaerphilly inGlamorgan in 1971. He played forMiddlesex between 1993 and 1995,Sussex between 1996 and 1997, andBerkshire in 1999 as a right-handedopening batsman and an occasionaloff spiner. He played a total of 14first-class and sixList A matches. He also played for England in six Youth Tests with a personal best of 79 run against New Zealand in Auckland.[1]
Upon leaving first-class cricket, he played two full seasons for Berkshire and served the Berkshire Cricket Board as its Cricket Development Officer. After a successful spell as Director of the Middlesex Cricket Academy atFinchley, he was appointed 1st XI Coach byMiddlesex on 7 November 2007.[2][3] The highlight of his tenure was when Middlesex won the2008 Twenty20 Cup.
In addition to winning theTwenty20 Cup, Radford won the Second Eleven Trophy when in charge of that team, gained promotion to thePro40 League in his first season with the First Eleven and is recognised as having resurrected England captain Andrew Strauss' international batting career.
Radford then moved on to an elite specialist batting coach, working primarily with the ECB at their training headquarters in Loughborough.
After working for the West Indies in Barbados, Radford was appointed Head Coach atGlamorgan County Cricket Club in October 2013,[4] taking over fromMatthew Mott. He left after two years in the role on 30 December 2015.[5] In December 2023 he was appointed as the batting coach ofKent County Cricket Club.[6]
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| Format | Score | Fixture | Venue | Season |
| First-class | 69not out | Middlesex vEssex | Chelmsford | 1995 |
| List A | 82 | Middlesex vSurrey | The Oval | 1995 |