Steven Finn (cricketer)

Steven Thomas Finn (born 4 April 1989 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Educated at Parmiter's School in Garston, at the age of 16 Finn became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest debutant in first-class cricket, beating the record set by Fred Titmus in 1949. Standing 6'7" tall, Finn, a former county basketball player, made his England Test cricket debut in 2010 against Bangladesh and after an impressive first summer in the national team in which he took 32 wickets at an average of 23.21, he was named Best Emerging Player at the 2010 ICC Awards.

Domestic cricket

Finn made his first-class debut for Middlesex on 1 June 2005, playing against Cambridge UCCE at Fenner's. He took 1-16 and 1-37, but did not bat. He became Middlesex's youngest debutant, beating the record set by 16-year-old Fred Titmus in 1949.

International career

Youngest Englishman to 50 Test wickets

Finn toured South Africa with the England Under-16 squad in 2005. He played in two Under-19 Test matches and three Under-19 ODIs against the Indian side that toured England in 2006, and in seven Under-19 ODIs in Malaysia in early 2007.

In February and March 2010, he was part of the England Lions team to tour the United Arab Emirates, earning selection with a solid 2009 season of 53 wickets at 30.64. He impressed the selectors,...
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