Eddie Byrom

Eddie Byrom
Personal information
Full name
Edward James Byrom
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 27)
Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–2021Somerset (squad no. 97)
2017/18Rising Stars
2021→ Glamorgan (on loan)
2022–presentGlamorgan
2022/23Mid West Rhinos
2023/24Southern Rocks
First-class debut26 June 2017 Somerset v Hampshire
List A debut25 July 2021 Somerset v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 65 22 50
Runs scored 3,526 693 777
Batting average 32.05 38.50 18.50
100s/50s 7/16 2/5 0/3
Top score 176 123* 78*
Balls bowled 247 – –
Wickets 3 – –
Bowling average 57.66 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 2/64 – –
Catches/stumpings 37/– 8/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2024

Edward James Byrom (born 17 June 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer.[1][2] Byrom qualifies to play for the Zimbabwe cricket team, as his place of birth, and for the Ireland cricket team, due to holding an Irish passport.[3]

Career

Byrom made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 2017 County Championship on 26 June 2017.[4][5] He scored his maiden first-class half-century in the final match of the season against Middlesex to help Somerset to victory and Division One survival.[6][7]

In October 2017, he signed for the Zimbabwean domestic team the Rising Stars, allowing him to play in the 2017–18 Logan Cup.[8] In his first match for the Rising Stars, he made 152 in the second innings against Matabeleland Tuskers in Harare, his maiden first-class century.[9][10]

He made his Twenty20 debut on 2 August 2019, for Somerset in the 2019 t20 Blast, hitting 54 runs from 19 balls.[11] Byrom scored a century in the final of the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy.[12] He made his List A debut on 25 July 2021, for Somerset in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.[13]

On 3 September 2021, Byrom joined Glamorgan on loan for the remainder of the 2021 season ahead of signing a two-year deal with the Welsh county.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Byrom". Somerset County Cricket Club. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Edward Byrom". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Eddie Byrom revels in 'career-best day' as Somerset edge into ascendancy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Specsavers County Championship Division One, Hampshire v Somerset at Southampton, Jun 26-29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Byrom untroubled in pink-ball debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ Dobell, George (25 September 2017). "High Noon for Somerset amid threat of pitch penalty". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  7. ^ Dobell, George (28 September 2017). "Leach redemption secures Somerset survival". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Somerset's Byrom signs with Zimbabwe domestic side". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Logan Cup at Kwekwe, Oct 22-25 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Tuskers under siege". Daily News. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  11. ^ "South Group (N), Vitality Blast at Taunton, Aug 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Eddie Byrom completes Bob Willis Trophy final century as Somerset take charge". Yahoo Sports. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Group 1 (D/N), Taunton, Jul 25 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  14. ^ Roller, Matt (3 September 2021). "Eddie Byrom leaves Somerset for Glamorgan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2021.