{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1992)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Adam Riley | image = Adam Riley TW 18.jpg | caption = Riley at Tunbridge Wells in June 2018 | country = England | fullname = Adam Edward Nicholas Riley | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|3|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sidcup, Greater London | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 2 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = Bowler | club1 = Kent | year1 = {{nowrap|2011–2019}} | clubnumber1 = 33 | club2 = Loughborough MCCU | year2 = {{nowrap|2012–2014}} | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 4 May | debutyear1 = 2011 | debutfor1 = Kent | debutagainst1 = Northamptonshire | lastdate1 = 20 May | lastyear1 = 2019 | lastfor1 = Kent | lastagainst1 = Surrey | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 1 May | debutyear2 = 2011 | debutfor2 = Kent | debutagainst2 = Worcestershire | lastdate2 = 27 April | lastyear2 = 2019 | lastfor2 = Kent | lastagainst2 = Pakistanis | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 61 | runs1 = 495 | bat avg1 = 10.53 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 34 | deliveries1 = 8,061 | wickets1 = 128 | bowl avg1 = 37.31 | fivefor1 = 5 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/150 | catches/stumpings1 = 37/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 34 | runs2 = 71 | bat avg2 = 8.87 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 21* | deliveries2 = 1,326 | wickets2 = 32 | bowl avg2 = 35.84 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/40 | catches/stumpings2 = 11/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 29 | runs3 = 18 | bat avg3 = 6.00 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 5* | deliveries3 = 532 | wickets3 = 23 | bowl avg3 = 29.86 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/22 | catches/stumpings3 = 5/– | date = 23 May | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/309981.html CricInfo }}
'''Adam Edward Nicholas Riley''' (born 23 March 1992) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club between 2011 and 2019. Riley played as an off break bowler who also played for the England Lions team and for Loughborough MCC University.
==Early life== Riley was born at Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley. He was educated at Beths Grammar School in Bexley before studying Geography and Sports Management at Loughborough University.<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/309981.html Adam Riley], CricInfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.</ref><ref name=ko5oct11>Hoad A (2011) [http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/off-spinner-adam-riley-pens-new--a71146/ Off-spinner Adam Riley pens new three-year deal with Kent County Cricket Club], ''Kent Online'', 5 October 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2018.</ref> He played cricket for both Kent and the Loughborough MCC University team whilst a student.<ref name=ci />
==Cricket career== Riley made his first-class cricket debut for Kent against Northamptonshire in the 2011 County Championship. He took his maiden first-class five wicket haul against Loughborough MCCU, taking figures of 5/76 during the season. Riley also made his List A cricket debut against Worcestershire in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40. as well as his Twenty20 cricket debut against the touring Indians.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/175/175205/175205.html Adam Riley], CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2020. {{subscription required}}</ref>
In June 2013, Riley took seven wickets for 150 runs in a County Championship match against Hampshire.<ref>Hoad A (2013) [https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/riley-keen-to-kick-on-after-1906/ Kent Cricket Club spinner Adam Riley looking to build on career-best display], ''Kent Online'', 13 July 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.</ref>
Riley left Kent by "mutual consent" in June 2019<ref name=k25jun19>[https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/club-statement-adam-riley/ Club statement: Adam Riley], Kent County Cricket Club, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.</ref><ref name=ko25jun19>Hogwood C (2019) [https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/bowler-leaves-kent-207310/ Adam Riley leaves Kent after nine seasons in Canterbury], Kent Online, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.</ref><ref name=bbc25jun19>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48759697 Adam Riley: Kent off-spinner released by mutual consent], BBC Sport, 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.</ref> after nine seasons with the county. The England coaching setup had intervened to change his delivery during a training camp in 2015 and, despite a number of attempts to revert to his previous, effective action, which was described as having been "very fluid" with "the ability to bowl spin with good pace, control, guile, dip", he had been unable to recover his form.<ref name=ko4jul19>Hogwood C (2019) [https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/riley-story-breaks-your-heart-207830/ Adam Riley: Kent head coach Matt Walker expresses sympathy for spinner's 'sad story'], ''Kent Online'', 4 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.</ref> After leaving county cricket he moved to work at Dulwich College as its head of player development at the end of 2019 as well as continuing to work coaching Kent's under-15 team.<ref name=ci6feb20>Roller M (2020) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28647183/adam-riley-peace-fall-prominence 'The new Swann' at 22, retired five years later: Adam Riley at peace with fall from prominence], CricInfo, 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.</ref>
==Career Best Performances== {|class=wikitable |- !rowspan="1"| !colspan="4" rowspan="1"|Batting !colspan="4" rowspan="1"|Bowling (innings) |- ! !Score !Fixture !Venue !Season !Figures !Fixture !Venue !Season |- |First-class |align="center"|34 |Kent v Derbyshire |Canterbury |align="center"|2015 |align="center"|7/150 |Kent v Hampshire |Southampton |align="center"|2013 |- |List A |align="center"|21 not out |Kent v Leeward Islands |Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua |align="center"|2016/17 |align="center"|4/40 |Kent v Leeward Islands |Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua |align="center"|2017/18 |- |Twenty20 |align="center"|5 not out |Kent v Essex |Canterbury |align="center"|2012 |align="center"|4/22 |Kent v Gloucestershire |Canterbury |align="center"|2014 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=309981}}
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