Scott Elstone Cricketer

Scott Liam Elstone is a cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right arm off break. He is currently Nottinghamshire 2nd XI captain and made his debut for the first XI in the Clydesdale Bank 40 game against Scotland. During the Indian cricket team in England in 2011 tour, Elstone was used as a substitute fielder while first Graeme Swann and later Jonathan Trott were injured and unable to field during the second nPower Test Match at Trent Bridge. On 1 August 2011, he took catches off the bowling of Tim Bresnan to dismiss Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh. In doing so, Elstone became the second youngest substitute fielder to take a catch during a match involving England played in England after Hampshire player Adam Rouse (aged 19) took a catch to remove Kumar Sangakkara off the bowling of Jimmy Anderson in the preceding England v Sri Lanka Test series at The Rose Bowl. He was also used as twelfth man in the second Test Match against the West Indies at Trent Bridge in May 2012, bringing the drinks onto the field several times as well as being substitute fielder occasionally. Though this time he took no catches.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 10, 1990
Birth place
Staffordshire , Burton upon Trent

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  1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/298693.html