Country: | England |
Fullname: | Neil Jon Pullen |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1977 |
Birth Place: | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Role: | Occasional Wicketkeeper |
Club1: | Leicestershire Cricket Board |
Year1: | 1999-2002 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | LA |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 225 |
Bat Avg1: | 37.50 |
100S/50S1: | - /2 |
Top Score1: | 88 |
Deliveries1: | 389 |
Wickets1: | 21 |
Bowl Avg1: | 12.71 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 5/41 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/ - |
Date: | 17 November |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18641.html Cricinfo |
Neil Jon Pullen (born 14 September 1977) is an English cricketer. Pullen is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who occasionally plays as a wicketkeeper. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Pullen represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Hertfordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2002, he represented the Board in 7 List A matches, the last of which came against the Kent Cricket Board in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002.[1]
In his 7 List A matches, he scored 225 runs at a batting average of 37.50, with 2 half centuries and a high score of 88. In the field he took 5 catches.[2] With the ball he took 21 wickets at a bowling average of 12.71, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/41. He therefore finished his List A career with better batting and bowling averages than Sir Ian Botham.[3]
He currently plays club cricket for Sileby Town CC in the Leicestershire Premier Cricket League.