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| Full name | Neil John Lenham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1965 Worthing, Sussex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Les Lenham (father) Archie Lenham (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1997 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 18 August 1984 Sussex v Sri Lankans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 16 July 1997 Sussex v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 13 July 1985 Sussex v Zimbabweans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 13 July 1997 Sussex v Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neil John Lenham (born 17 December 1965) is a former English cricketer who played for Sussex and captained the England Under-19 cricket team in 3 Tests and 3 ODIs earlier in his career. He was born in Worthing.
Lenham played 192 first-class matches during his career, scoring 10,135 runs at an average of 33.44 in the process. He made 20 centuries with the highest being an unbeaten 222. With the ball, Lenham took 42 first-class wickets at a bowling average of 43.97 with best figures of 4 for 13.[1]
In List A cricket he made 3,207 runs at an average of 31.13 with one century, an innings of 129 not out. He took 44 wickets at average of 31.59 with a best of 5 for 28.
After retiring from playing, Lenham took up coaching. He coached the Namibian national team at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia.[2]