Kevin Sharp (cricketer)

Kevin Sharp (born 6 April 1959) is an English cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. He was educated at Abbey Grange High School in Leeds.^[1]

Kevin Sharp

Personal information
Full name	Kevin Sharp
Born	(1959-04-06) 6 April 1959 (age 66) Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 218 217 Runs scored 9,962 5,049 Batting average 30.84 27.44 100s/50s 14/47 3/30 Top score 181 114 Balls bowled 1,262 187 Wickets 12 6 Bowling average 73.91 28.83 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/13 4/40 Catches/stumpings 107/– 71/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 August 2022

Sharp succeeded the long-serving Steve Rhodes as Worcestershire Head Coach in 2018.

He had a fourteen-year first-class career playing for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Griqualand West cricket team.^[2] He was a left-handed batsman and bowled right-arm off-spin.

Unlike his contemporary David Gower, this curly haired left-handed batsman failed to do justice to his talent, and did not win the England cap predicted, after he scored 260* for England Young Cricketers in 1978.

Sharp made his first-class debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1976, and was awarded his cap in 1982.^[2] As well as Yorkshire, he spent three seasons with Griqualand West in South Africa between 1981 and 1984, playing seventeen first-class matches, and averaging just under 40.

After finishing his Yorkshire first-class career in 1990,^[2] Sharp played for Shropshire in the Minor Counties from 1993 to 1997, while playing club cricket for Bridgnorth, and Ossett in Yorkshire.^[3]

After retiring from the game he has worked as a batting coach for Yorkshire, and as an umpire. He was appointed as Head Coach of Worcestershire on 12 January 2018.