# David Stiff

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{{short description|English cricketer (born 1984)}}
{{About|the English cricketer|the Australian basketball player|David Stiff (basketball)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = David Stiff
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname = David Alexander Stiff
|            nickname = Stifler
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|20|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [Dewsbury](/source/Dewsbury), England
|            heightft = 6
|          heightinch = 6
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm fast
|                role = [Bowler](/source/Bowler_(cricket))
|               club4 = [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year4 = 2008–2010
|         clubnumber4 = 18
|               club3 = [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year3 = 2006–2007
|               club2 = [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = 2004–2006
|               club1 = [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 2001–2003
 |             columns = 2
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 20
|               runs1 = 321
|            bat avg1 = 22.92
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 49
|         deliveries1 = 2578
|            wickets1 = 43
|           bowl avg1 = 44.32
|            fivefor1 = 1
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 5/91
|  catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
|             column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            matches2 = 1
|               runs2 = –
|            bat avg2 = –
|           100s/50s2 = –
|          top score2 = –
|         deliveries2 = 30
|            wickets2 = 1
|           bowl avg2 = 27.00
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 1/27
|  catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
|                date = 13 June
|                year = 2010
|              source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21172.html Cricinfo
}}

'''David Stiff''' (born 20 October 1984) is an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. He is a right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman) and a right-arm [fast bowler](/source/Fast_bowling). He was born in [Dewsbury](/source/Dewsbury) and educated at [Silcoates School](/source/Silcoates_School), Wakefield and [Batley Grammar School](/source/Batley_Grammar_School).

The former-[Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) fast bowler made headlines for a spell of bowling against [Uganda](/source/Ugandan_cricket_team) of 4 for 7,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/136802.html|title=England overwhelm Uganda|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> identical to fellow bowler [Tim Bresnan](/source/Tim_Bresnan).

In 2004 Stiff decided to leave Yorkshire amid a lot of interest from other counties. He apparently had interest from a dozen counties and took the opportunity to play for [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club). He toured Australia with the Under-17s in 2001, and with the Under-19s in 2003, also playing in the Under-19s World Cup in Bangladesh.

In 2007, Stiff was released by Kent and went to Leicestershire. At the start of the 2009 season Stiff joined Somerset on a two-month trial and on 14 May 2009 he accepted an extension to his contract which would last until the end of that season.  In August 2010, Somerset's Director of Cricket, [Brian Rose](/source/Brian_Rose_(cricketer)) announced that Stiff's contract would not be renewed for the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Newsdetail/0,,11333~2132096,00.html |title=Somerset Release Three Players |publisher=[Somerset County Cricket Club](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) |date=2010-08-23 |access-date=2010-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827084412/http://www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Newsdetail/0%2C%2C11333~2132096%2C00.html |archivedate=27 August 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1984 births
Category:Living people
Category:Cricketers from Dewsbury
Category:English cricketers
Category:Kent cricketers
Category:Somerset cricketers
Category:Yorkshire Cricket Board cricketers
Category:People educated at Silcoates School
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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