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Darren Ian Stevens (born 30 April 1976) is an English cricketer. An all-rounder, he bats right handed and bowls right-arm medium-pace.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Darren Stevens player profile )〕 Since his debut in first-class cricket he has played County Cricket for Leicestershire followed by Kent, as well as featuring for the England Lions and Dhaka Gladiators. Though his career began slowly - with only four County Championship appearances between 1997 and 1999 - Stevens made his mark with a century against Sussex which attracted the attention of former England batsman Colin Cowdrey. With the departure of several lead batsmen, Stevens secured a regular county place and was taken on development tours of Australia in 2003. Moving to Kent in 2004 he began with a prolific season - 1,277 runs in first-class cricket - and improved his bowling. By 2012 he was a prolific scorer in the Championship and in the Twenty20 season. He has gone on to pass 13,000 runs and 300 wickets in the first-class game. He has played limited-overs cricket in New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. ==Career== Born in Leicester, Stevens made his debut for his home county of Leicestershire in 1997. His first century came in his fourth match, two years later against Sussex.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Sussex v Leicestershire in 1999 )〕 This innings earned him a seal of approval (as well as a painting) from Colin Cowdrey.〔〔 He remained, however, on the fringes of the side with Aftab Habib and Ben Smith being preferred in the Leicestershire middle-order. After a strong season in 2002, when he scored 850 runs at an average of 32.69, he was called up to England's Academy squad in Australia and was included in their 30-man squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. After two average seasons for Leicestershire, Stevens was released by his home county at the end of the 2004 season, along with Damian Brandy and George Walker. He then joined Kent for the 2005 season. He made a very good start to his Kent career, scoring over 1,000 runs in a season for the first time in his career.〔 2006 proved to be disappointing by comparison, yet he still averaged 39. His performances in the Pro40 League, however, brought Kent to the verge of promotion. His highest first-class innings is 208, which he achieved while playing for Kent against Glamorgan in 2005. His best bowling figures are 7 for 21, against Surrey in 2011.〔http://www.skysports.com/live-scores/cricket/kent-v-surrey/12377〕 He won Kent's Player of the Year award in 2005 and again in 2010.〔 In 2007 Stevens helped the Kent Spitfires win the Twenty20 Cup, scoring an unbeaten 30 including the winning runs, against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston. However a week later he injured a groin muscle whilst top-scoring in Kent's victory over Durham and did not bowl for the rest of the season. He also plays for Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League. On 14 August 2013, Stevens was charged by the ICC for failing to report a corrupt approach in connection to a game in the Bangladesh Premier League. In the last game of the 2013 season, Stevens hit 205 not out and believed that the knock could be his last ever innings. However, in February 2014, Stevens was found not guilty by the tribunal.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26355746〕 In September 2015 Kent announced that Stevens would be awarded a benefit year in 2016.〔(Kent hand Stevens benefit year ), England and Wales Cricket Board, 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-11-08.〕〔(Darren Stevens earns benefit year at Kent ), ''Canterbury Times'', 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-11-08.〕 During the 2015 off-season he played for Comilla Victorians in the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League.〔(Darren Stevens: Kent all-rounder defends Bangladesh return ), BBC sport website, 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2015-11-29.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darren Stevens (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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