Full Name

Timothy Edward Linley

Born

March 23, 1982, Horsforth, Leeds

Age

41y 362d

Nicknames

Sheephead, Bambi

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Height

6ft 2in

Education

St Mary's RC Comprehensive; Notre Dame Sixth Form College; Oxford Brookes University

Tall seamer Tim Linley was a graduate of the MCC's UCCE programme and represented British Universities in 2004. He joined Sussex for the 2006 season but after playing just one match, against Sri Lanka, he was released and headed northwards to Surrey. It took him some time to establish a first-team place, but he survived Chris Adams' clear-out and in 2010 began to find more opportunities on offer as Surrey rebuilt their standing in the domestic game. In a squad packed with pacier talent, Linley's metronomic accuracy was easily under-rated, but he underpinned Surrey's promotion-winning campaign in 2011 with 73 first-class wickets at 18.34. While he struggled to hit those heights afterwards, Linley remained a model of consistency. Surrey had snazzier fast bowling models and sometimes seem unusually hasty to drop Linley in spite of his fine record, but all could learn from his undemonstrative consistency. His lack of pace and variety proved a hindrance in limited-overs cricket.


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Tim Linley Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC648920569428.24167933.8800--210
List A251398420*21.009786.59009330
T20s9411183.6611100.00000130

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC64-1099155192006/57-27.593.0154.91361
List A2525898910233/503/5039.566.0839.0000
T20s99152213114/454/4519.368.4013.8100

Recent Matches of Tim Linley

Photos of Tim Linley

Tim Linley celebrates a wicket in exuberant fashion
Tim Linley claimed a wicket late in the day
Tim Linley in his delivery stride
Tim Linley celebrates a wicket
Tim Linley celebrates his winning shot
Tim Linley took 3 for 108