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Full name Chad Blake Keegan
Born July 30, 1979, Sandton, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Current age 28 years 345 days
Major teams Middlesex
Nickname Wick
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Durban High School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
47
57
6
607
44
11.90
1170
51.88
0
0
14
0
List A
87
56
19
610
50
16.48
696
87.64
0
1
20
0
Twenty20
18
16
4
228
42
19.00
154
148.05
0
0
23
9
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
47
8395
4887
140
6/114
34.90
3.49
59.9
8
6
0
List A
87
4007
3174
133
6/33
6/33
23.86
4.75
30.1
3
3
0
Twenty20
18
17
354
473
12
3/14
3/14
39.41
8.01
29.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001
Last First-class
Yorkshire v Middlesex at Scarborough, Aug 30-Sep 2, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
2001
Last List A
Middlesex v Leicestershire at Lord's, Jul 30, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Chad Keegan is a fast-medium bowler who has so far only show glimpses of the potential many believe he has. After suffering a series of injuries in 2004 - a combination of a double stress-fracture, disc problems and hypersensitive joints - he underwent surgery in 2005 and there then followed a total re-modelling of his action. Middlesex coach John Emburey was impressed by the end result. "We've changed his action a little and he has to keep an eye on that. Watching on the video, after three overs he was reverting back to his old ways. But if he continues his progress, to me he is a potential England World Cup candidate. He is a top-drawer fielder, he can bowl with the new ball and at the death, and he can also get you useful runs down the order." It was somewhat surprising when Keegan asked Middlesex for permission to consider other offers at the end of a 2006 summer in which he took 19 wickets in ten matches, all the more so as the county had stuck by him through injury which had severely limited his appearances. After another mixed season in 2008, he was not offered a contract for the following year.
Cricinfo staff November 2007
