Darren Stevens

Darren Stevens

Stevens in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Darren Ian Stevens
Born	(1976-04-30) 30 April 1976 (age 48) Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–2004	Leicestershire
2005–2022	Kent (squad no. 3)
2010	Mid West Rhinos
2010/11	Otago
2012–2013	Dhaka Gladiators
2015	Comilla Victorians
2019	→ Derbyshire (on loan) (squad no. 3)
FC debut	18 April 1997 Leicestershire v Cambridge University
Last FC	19 May 2022 Kent v Northamptonshire
LA debut	3 August 1997 Leicestershire v Essex
Last LA	17 September 2022 Kent v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 326 327 227 Runs scored 16,676 7,942 4,201 Batting average 35.18 29.96 26.25 100s/50s 38/82 7/47 0/17 Top score 237 147 90 Balls bowled 31,595 6,851 2,440 Wickets 591 162 125 Bowling average 24.78 33.87 26.04 5 wickets in innings 31 3 0 10 wickets in match 2 0 0 Best bowling 8/75 6/25 4/14 Catches/stumpings 205/– 130/– 66/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 September 2022

Darren Ian Stevens (born 30 April 1976) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire and Kent County Cricket Clubs between 1997 and 2022. An all-rounder, he played as right-handed batsman and bowled right-arm medium-pace deliveries.^[1] He scored over 16,000 first-class runs and after the age of 35 took more than 500 wickets and more than 30 five-wicket hauls.^[2] Stevens was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 2021 edition of the almanack.

Stevens retired at the end of the 2022 season at the age of 46. As well as Leicestershire, with whom he started his professional career, and Kent, where he played for 18 seasons, Stevens featured for the England Lions side, played in Zimbabwe for Mid West Rhinos and in New Zealand for Otago and won the Bangladesh Premier League with both Dhaka Gladiators and Comilla Victorians.