Tony Palladino

Antonio Paul Palladino (born 29 June 1983), known as Tony Palladino, is an English professional cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Tony Palladino

Personal information
Full name	Antonio Paul Palladino
Born	(1983-06-29) 29 June 1983 (age 42) Tower Hamlets, London
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–2003	Essex Cricket Board
2003–2005	Cambridge UCCE
2003–2010	Essex
2009–2010	Suffolk
2009–2010	Namibia
2011–2020	Derbyshire
FC debut	12 April 2003 Cambridge UCCE v Essex
LA debut	12 April 2003 Essex CB v Surrey CB
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 166 57 26 Runs scored 2,915 268 48 Batting average 15.42 10.73 6.85 100s/50s 1/8 0/0 0/0 Top score 106 31 14* Balls bowled 27,369 2,273 490 Wickets 464 54 28 Bowling average 28.56 37.70 21.92 5 wickets in innings 17 1 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 7/53 5/49 4/21 Catches/stumpings 40/– 6/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2020

He played for Essex and Derbyshire County Cricket Club between 2003 and 2020.^[1][2][3]

A popular player with colleagues and the cricket community, he was not re-engaged by Derbyshire following the end of the 2020 season when the Covid pandemic hit the world of sport quite severely .^[4] Palladino subsequently left Derbyshire by mutual agreement. He had been the county's leading wicket taker over the 2018 / 2019 seasons and had been the mainstay of the county bowling attack for a number of years.

Since leaving Derbyshire, he has been Professional / 1st Team Coach (Level 3 Coach) at South Wingfield Cricket Club where promotion to the Derbyshire County Division One has been achieved one year after his arrival (52 wickets @12.4 www.play-cricket.com) & coaches junior cricket @ Brailsford & Ednaston Cricket Club in Derbyshire ^[5]