Richard Sladdin, Date of Birth

    

Richard Sladdin

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1969

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Richard Sladdin

  • Richard William Sladdin (born 8 January 1969) is an English former cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1991 to 1994 and for Somerset in 1997.
  • He was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. In 2017, Sladdin was convicted of the sexual grooming of a fourteen year old girl and sentenced to one year in prison.The most important spinner within the Derbyshire lineup in the early part of the 1990s, he debuted in a draw against Yorkshire in July 1991, as Derbyshire finished in third position in the season's table.
  • A common fixture until the middle of the 1994 season, his career was quickly over, as he hit zero wickets for 190 runs, the single worst bowling figures in the history of Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Prior to the end of his career, he played briefly in the 1997 season, for Somerset, though his career finished there.
  • He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler.
  • He hit five wickets in an inning twice in his career, including once in his sole first-class game for Somerset.

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