Nick Welch | |
Country: | Zimbabwe |
Fullname: | Nicholas Roy Welch |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1998 |
Birth Place: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm leg break |
Role: | Batsman |
International: | true |
T20idebutdate: | 24 October |
T20idebutyear: | 2023 |
T20idebutagainst: | Namibia |
T20icap: | 73 |
Lastt20idate: | 29 November |
Lastt20iyear: | 2023 |
Lastt20iagainst: | Nigeria |
Club1: | Mashonaland Eagles |
Year1: | 2013/14 |
Club2: | Loughborough MCCU |
Year2: | 2019 |
Club3: | Leicestershire |
Clubnumber3: | 67 |
Club4: | Mashonaland Eagles |
Year4: | 2023/24 |
Columns: | 4 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Column1: | T20I |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 97 |
Bat Avg1: | 13.85 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 25 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Column2: | FC |
Matches2: | 19 |
Runs2: | 595 |
Bat Avg2: | 23.80 |
100S/50S2: | 1/2 |
Top Score2: | 100 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 12/– |
Column3: | LA |
Matches3: | 28 |
Runs3: | 877 |
Bat Avg3: | 32.48 |
100S/50S3: | 1/7 |
Top Score3: | 127 |
Catches/Stumpings3: | 10/– |
Column4: | T20 |
Matches4: | 37 |
Runs4: | 789 |
Bat Avg4: | 22.54 |
100S/50S4: | 0/2 |
Top Score4: | 68 |
Catches/Stumpings4: | 6/– |
Date: | 21 January 2024 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/696145.html Cricinfo |
Nicholas Roy Welch (born 5 February 1998) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who played for Mashonaland Eagles.[1] After playing domestic cricket in Zimbabwe, he moved to England, signing to play for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in September 2020.[2] [3] In the same month, he also gained UK citizenship.[4]
In March 2019, he played for Loughborough MCCU in a first-class match against Leicestershire, as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut on 13 September 2020, for Leicestershire in the 2020 t20 Blast.[6]
In December 2020, he was selected to play for the Mountaineers in the 2020–21 Logan Cup in Zimbabwe.[7] [8] On 24 October 2023, he made his debut in international cricket with a first ball 'duck' for Zimbabwe against Namibia in a T20 match at Windhoek where he was dismissed in the first ball of the match.