| Kevin Sharp | |
| Fullname: | Kevin Sharp |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 218 |
| Runs1: | 9,962 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.84 |
| 100S/50S1: | 14/47 |
| Top Score1: | 181 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,262 |
| Wickets1: | 12 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 73.91 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 107/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 217 |
| Runs2: | 5,049 |
| Bat Avg2: | 27.44 |
| 100S/50S2: | 3/30 |
| Top Score2: | 114 |
| Deliveries2: | 187 |
| Wickets2: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 28.83 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/40 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 71/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10735/10735.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 16 August |
| Year: | 2022 |
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]
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.