Keaton Jennings

Keaton Jennings

Keaton Jennings

England England

Overview

Full Name Keaton Kent Jennings
Age 32y 186d
Born Friday June 19, 1992, South Africa
Batting Style Left Handed
Bowling Style Right-arm medium fast
Playing Role Batter

Teams represented

England EnglandDurham DurhamLancashire LancashireSouth Africa Under-19 South Africa Under-19Perth Scorchers Perth ScorchersEngland Lions England LionsNorth NorthLondon Spirit London SpiritLancashire CCC Lancashire CCC

Biography

Son of the former South African coach Ray Jennings, Keaton Jennings is one of the many English cricketers with the South African roots. Born in Johannesburg, as a teenager, the left-handed opening batsman climbed up the ranks in the South African domestic circuit and even led South Africa's Under-19 cricket team on its tour to England in 2011. However, with his mother being an English national, it was during this period that the elegant opener decided to pursue a career as an English cricketer.


The southpaw’s best season for his county team Durham came in 2016, where he averaged 64.5 and became the leading run-scorer. On the back of such a successful county season, Jennings was named in England's Test squad for the final two matches of their India tour, replacing injured Haseeb Hameed.


On 8th December 2016, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Keaton became the 101st batsman to get a century on debut, scoring 112. However, after the Indian tour, the opener managed to score just 127 runs from the next eight innings and that resulted in Mark Stoneman replacing him as the second opener alongside Alastair Cook. Nonetheless, the constant failure of Stoneman and Jennings’ prolific form in county cricket, meant that Keaton got a reprieve and was recalled in the England team for the second Test against Pakistan in June 2018. 

Debut
England vs India at Mumbai - Thursday December 8, 2016

Batting

Matches 17
Innings 32
Runs 781
100's - 50's 2 - 1
Sixes - Fours 0 - 88
Average 25.19
Strike Rate 42.49
Highest Score (vs Sri Lanka, 06/11/2018) 146

Bowling

Matches 17
Innings 4
Overs 12.1
Wickets 0
Economy Rate 4.52
Five-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Ten-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Best Figures (vs South Africa, 14/07/2017) 0/2

Fielding

Catches 17
Stumpings 0
Run Outs 0

Career Runs

425
321
214
107
Runs
Years

Biography

sub title

Son of the former South African coach Ray Jennings, Keaton Jennings is one of the many English cricketers with the South African roots. Born in Johannesburg, as a teenager, the left-handed opening batsman climbed up the ranks in the South African domestic circuit and even led South Africa's Under-19 cricket team on its tour to England in 2011. However, with his mother being an English national, it was during this period that the elegant opener decided to pursue a career as an English cricketer.


The southpaw’s best season for his county team Durham came in 2016, where he averaged 64.5 and became the leading run-scorer. On the back of such a successful county season, Jennings was named in England's Test squad for the final two matches of their India tour, replacing injured Haseeb Hameed.


On 8th December 2016, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Keaton became the 101st batsman to get a century on debut, scoring 112. However, after the Indian tour, the opener managed to score just 127 runs from the next eight innings and that resulted in Mark Stoneman replacing him as the second opener alongside Alastair Cook. Nonetheless, the constant failure of Stoneman and Jennings’ prolific form in county cricket, meant that Keaton got a reprieve and was recalled in the England team for the second Test against Pakistan in June 2018.