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Joshua Michael de Caires (born 25 April 2002) is an English cricketer,[1][2] and the son of former England cricketer Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship. His debut came after he had earlier that season scored an unbeaten century at Headingley against a Yorkshire attack that included David Willey in a non-first class fixture.

Josh de Caires

Personal information
Full name	Joshua Michael de Caires
Born	(2002-04-25) 25 April 2002 (age 20) Paddington, London, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	Michael Atherton (father) Frank De Caires (great-grandfather)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2021–present	Middlesex (squad no. 25)
FC debut	5 July 2021 Middlesex v Gloucestershire
LA debut	3 August 2021 Middlesex v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 5 3 2 Runs scored 129 68 38 Batting average 12.90 22.66 19.00 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 80 43 24 Balls bowled 276 108 – Wickets 1 1 – Bowling average 160.00 95.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 0 – Best bowling 1/49 1/13 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 October 2022

Personal life

Josh de Caires is from Paddington, Middlesex, England.[2] He is the son of former England cricketer Michael Atherton,[3][4] and the great-grandson of former West Indian cricketer Frank De Caires.[5] De Caires says that he has rarely seen his father batting, as he was born eight months after Atherton's last Test match.[3] He was given his mother's maiden name,[3][4] but does not know why.[3] De Caires attended St Albans School, Hertfordshire,[6] where he was coached by former England cricketer Mark Ilott,[7] and is a student of economics at the University of Leeds.[8]

Career

De Caires is a batsman,[9] who often opens the batting.[10] He started playing for Middlesex CCC under-14s in 2015. On debut, he scored 90*.[5][11] In 2017, de Caires made his debut for Middlesex Second XI, at the age of 15.[4][5] In 2019, he hit a century in a Second XI Championship match against Hampshire.[9]

In 2020, de Caires played for Middlesex in a two-day pre-season friendly against Northamptonshire CCC.[11] In August 2020, de Caires signed a three-year professional contract with Middlesex.[11] In club cricket, de Caires played for Radlett Cricket Club in the 2020 Hertfordshire Cricket League season. He was the league's second-highest wicket taker.[12] In 2021, de Caires played for Leeds/Bradford MCCU in a match against Yorkshire CCC. He scored 118 from 292 deliveries to help Leeds/Bradford secure a draw in the match.[4][13] The match did not have first-class status, as university matches no longer qualify for first-class status.[4] The Yorkshire bowling attack included England bowler David Willey.[4] He also played for Tickhill Cricket Club in 2021.[14]

De Caires made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship.[15] On 9 July 2021, he made his Twenty20 debut, also for Middlesex, in the 2021 T20 Blast.[16] He made his List A debut on 3 August 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.[17]

In 2022, De Caires scored a half-century for Leeds/Bradford MCCU in a match against Yorkshire.[18] In Middlesex's first match of the 2022 County Championship, he scored his maiden first-class half-century.[19]

References

External links

• Josh de Caires at ESPNcricinfo

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