Billy Mead

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Billy Mead
Personal information
Full name
Sebastian William Mead
Born (1999-02-03) 3 February 1999 (age 25)
Winchester, Hampshire
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2022Kent
2023Berkshire
Only FC6 May 2022 Kent v Sri Lanka Development XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 106
Batting average –
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 106*
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2022

Sebastian William Mead (born 3 February 1999) is an English cricketer who made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club in May 2022. Mead is a right-handed batter who typically plays as a wicket-keeper.

Mead was born at Winchester in Hampshire, grew up at Longparish, and was educated at Marlborough College on a sport scholarship.[1][2] He played cricket for the school XI for five years, captaining the college in 2017 when he scored 1,009 runs during the season, including a Marlborough record 214 not out,[a][3] and was considered a candidate for the honour of Wisden's Schools Cricketer of the Year.[7][8][9][10] His great-uncle Mike Griffith, who had been the last cricketer to score 1,000 runs in a season for Marlborough in 1961,[3] played more than 350 matches for Sussex County Cricket Club and was an England and Great Britain hockey international,[7][11] whilst his great-grandfather Billy Griffith played three Test matches for England and captained Sussex.[12] Mead also played rackets at school, winning the under-18 Renny Cup championship at Queen's Club in 2016.[13][14]

Mead made his debut for Kent in May 2022 in a first-class match against a Sri Lanka Development XI.[15] He scored a century on debut, making 106 not out to become the 14th player to score a century for Kent on their debut first-class appearance for the club and the seventh to do so in their first first-class match.[16][17][18] He had played age-group cricket for Hampshire sides and Second XI cricket for Hampshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire before impressing for Kent's Second XI at the start of the 2022 season.[19][20] He also played for MCC Young Cricketers in the Second XI Championship in 2018 and 2019 and for Cape Town Cricket Club in the 2017/18 South African club season, spending two northern winters at Gary Kirsten's cricket academy in Cape Town.[2][18]

During the 2023 cricket season Mead played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in the National Counties Championship. He made Second XI appearances for Somerset, Sussex and Derbyshire.[2]

  1. ^ Billy Mead, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. ^ a b c Billy Mead, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-07. (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b c Now... and Then, Marlborough Together, Autumn 2017, pp. 8–9. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
  4. ^ Cricket, The Marlburian, 2016/17, p. 114. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
  5. ^ 2017/18 – Year in Review, Marlborough College. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  6. ^ Cricket, The Marlburian, 2017/18, p. 122. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-10.)
  7. ^ a b Henderson D (2018) Schools Cricket in 2017, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2018, pp. 749–752. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4729-5354-4
  8. ^ Billy Mead double century record for Marlborough, Vimps at the Crease, 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  9. ^ Tuesday May 2nd 2017, Schools Cricket Online, 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  10. ^ Schools, The Cricketer, June 2019, p. 99.
  11. ^ Mike Griffith, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-07. (subscription required)
  12. ^ Billy Griffith, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  13. ^ Rackets, The Marlburian, 2016/17, p. 150. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
  14. ^ Billy is national rackets king at Queens, Vimps at the Crease, 2016-012-24. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  15. ^ Darren Stevens strikes again with rapid ton against Sri Lanka Development XI, CricInfo, 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  16. ^ Match report: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  17. ^ Alderman E (2022) The Scorer: History for Alastair Cook, joy for Harry Brook and an England opener worth a second look, The Times, 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10. (subscription required)
  18. ^ a b Carter S (2022) Former Southern Premier League youngster Billy Mead follows up cup century against Waterlooville by making century on first class debut, The News, 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  19. ^ Billy Mead hits unbeaten 114 as Longparish beat Bishops Waltham, Andover Advertiser, 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  20. ^ Match preview: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-05-07.


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