Nick Walker (cricketer)

Nicholas Guy Eades Walker (born 7 August 1984) is an English former professional cricketer. He played as a right-arm medium-fast bowler for Derbyshire from 2004 to 2006 and Leicestershire from 2006 to 2008.^[1][2]

Nick Walker

Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Guy Eades Walker
Born	(1984-08-07) 7 August 1984 (age 41) Enfield, Middlesex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–2003	Hertfordshire
2004–2005	Derbyshire
2006–2007	Leicestershire
2009–2011	Hertfordshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 31 30 8 Runs scored 558 189 25 Batting average 19.24 9.94 25.00 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0 Top score 80 43 16* Balls bowled 4,106 792 102 Wickets 67 23 7 Bowling average 42.29 32.17 15.71 5 wickets in innings 2 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/59 4/26 3/19 Catches/stumpings 13/– 13/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 March 2025

Born at Enfield in 1984, Walker was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and studied at Durham University, but chose to leave his course after two academic terms.^[3]

After playing Minor Counties and List A cricket for Hertfordshire from 2001 to 2003,^[2] Walker made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in April 2004. He started his career strongly, excelling with both bat and ball, particularly against Somerset. On debut, he took six wickets, including four in the first innings, on what was described as "a typically flat Taunton wicket."^[4][5] A number of impressive batting performances, including a score of 80 with 11 fours and four sixes in a second match against Somerset,^[1] saw Walker employed as a pinch hitter in one-day cricket, although his aggressive approach was not always successful.^[5][6] He did not, however, maintain his early form and lost his regular place in the first team, despite being described as "bowler capable of bowling quickly and taking wickets at county level", the 2005 season was "erratic" and at the end of it he was offered only a month-by-month contract by Derbyshire and chose to move to Leicestershire for the 2005 season.^[5] He took 32 wickets in 13 first-class matches for the county, but failed to establish himself as a first-team regular and was released from his contract in February 2008 at the age of 23, choosing to pursue a career in the City of London.^[7] He continued to play Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire until the end of the 2011 season.^[2]