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Full name Darren David John Robinson
Born March 2, 1973, Braintree, Essex
Current age 35 years 188 days
Major teams Essex,Leicestershire
Nickname Pies, Pie Shop, Robbo
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Tabor High School, Braintree; Chelmsford College of Further Ed.
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
189
334
16
10489
200
32.98
22
50
157
0
List A
195
186
14
4488
137*
26.09
4
21
51
0
Twenty20
8
8
1
82
41
11.71
77
106.49
0
0
9
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
189
348
449
2
1/7
224.50
7.74
174.0
0
0
List A
195
17
26
1
1/7
1/7
26.00
9.17
17.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
1993
Last First-class
Northamptonshire v Leicestershire at Northampton, Jun 15-18, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1993
Last List A
Warwickshire v Leicestershire at Birmingham, May 20, 2007 scorecard
Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire at Nottingham, Jul 4, 2006 scorecard
Profile
A solid opening batsman firstly for Essex, where he spent 11 seasons, and then for Leicestershire where he was the senior figure in the top order. There was plenty of promise early in Robinson's career, highlighted by an Under-19 tour to Pakistan in 1991-92. However, he never really converted an average of the low 30s into some more significant and has had to settle for a career in the county ranks. It hasn't been without its highlights, including a double century against the touring New Zealanders in 1999 and being part of an opening stand of 247 against the Australians in 2005. Although he was been at Leicestershire during their Twenty20 glories, Robinson rarely slotted into the fast-paced game, playing just six matches in three years. His Championship form remained consistent and he captained the county in four-day cricket when Jeremy Snape stood aside. He was released by Leicestershire at the end of 2007. Andrew McGlashan September 2007
