Carl Greenidge

Carl Greenidge
Greenidge bowling for Gloucestershire in 2007
Personal information
Full name
Carl Gary Greenidge
Born (1978-04-20) 20 April 1978 (age 46)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsCG Greenidge (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998–2001Surrey
2002–2004Northamptonshire
2005–2008Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 50 67 31
Runs scored 444 147 34
Batting average 8.37 8.16 8.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 46 29 20
Balls bowled 7,500 2,849 621
Wickets 145 77 32
Bowling average 34.71 34.85 28.56
5 wickets in innings 6 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/40 4/15 3/15
Catches/stumpings 18/– 16/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 July 2016

Carl Gary Greenidge (born 20 April 1978) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, the son of Gordon Greenidge.

Greenidge played for Gloucestershire and has in the past represented both Northamptonshire and Surrey. He has played Twenty20 cricket since 2004. In 2000, he was a candidate for Cricket Writers' Young Cricketer Of The Year.

Following his playing career, Greenidge has worked as Head of Cricket at Bancroft's School coaching alongside John Lever until the latter's retirement in 2019.[1][2]

Carl Greenidge played the role of his father, Gordon, in the bollywood film 83.[3]

  1. ^ "Cricket". Bancroft's School. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Cricket Legend Retires" (PDF). Autumn 2019 Insight, the Bancroft's newsletter. Autumn 2019. p. 16. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ "83 Movie: From Chirag Patil to Mali Marshall, sons of legends play their father's role". Indian Express. 30 November 2021.