Jack David Sheppard (born 29 December 1992) is an English cricketer. Sheppard is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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Full name | Jack David Sheppard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 29) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Shep[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013 | Hampshire (squad no. 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-present | Ealing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2013 |
Educated at Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne Minster, Sheppard made his way up though age-group cricket, debuting for the Hampshire Second XI in 2010. While touring Sri Lanka with the England Under-19 cricket team in early 2011, Sheppard made a single Youth One Day International appearance against Sri Lanka Under-19s.[2] Having impressed in the Hampshire Second XI in 2012,[1] Sheppard signed a development contract at the end of that season.[3] Sheppard made his senior debut for Hampshire during the 2013 season in a List A match against a touring Bangladesh A team at the Rose Bowl.[4] In a match which Hampshire won by 9 runs, Sheppard was dismissed for a duck by Rubel Hossain in Hampshire's innings of 223, while with the ball he took the wickets of Marshall Ayub and Hossain, finishing with figures of 2/49 from nine overs.[5] Sheppard made no further appearances for Hampshire and was released by the county at the end of the 2013 season.[6]