Mitch Claydon

Mitchell Claydon

Claydon in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Mitchell Eric Claydon
Born	(1982-11-25) 25 November 1982 (age 41) Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2006	Yorkshire
2007–2013	Durham (squad no. 25)
2013	→ Kent (loan)
2010/11–2012/13	Canterbury
2014–2019	Kent (squad no. 8)
2015/16	Central Districts
2020–2021	Sussex (squad no. 4)
FC debut	3 August 2005 Yorkshire v Bangladesh A
LA debut	23 April 2006 Yorkshire v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 113 110 152 Runs scored 1,710 276 192 Batting average 15.54 8.36 9.60 100s/50s 0/4 0/0 0/0 Top score 77 19 19 Balls bowled 16,737 4,799 3,145 Wickets 312 138 164 Bowling average 31.86 32.61 27.12 5 wickets in innings 9 1 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 6/104 5/31 5/26 Catches/stumpings 11/– 9/– 27/–
Source: CricInfo, 23 September 2021

Mitchell Eric Claydon (born 25 November 1982) is an Australian-English former first-class cricketer.^[1] Although he was born at Fairfield, New South Wales he holds a British passport. Claydon is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Claydon most recently played for Sussex County Cricket Club. In July 2021, Claydon announced that he would retire from cricket at the end of the 2021 season.^[2]