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Keith Piper

England

Player profile

Full name Keith John Piper
Born December 18, 1969, Leicester
Current age 38 years 293 days
Major teams Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	200	275	44	4618	116*	19.99			2	14			504	36
List A	237	127	59	970	38*	14.26			0	0			251	53
Twenty20	6	2	2	1	1*	-	1	100.00	0	0	0	0	3	1

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	200		34	60	1	1/57		60.00	10.58	34.0		0	0
List A	237	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
First-class span	1989 - 2005
List A span	1989 - 2005
Twenty20 debut	Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Warwickshire v Northamptonshire at Birmingham, Jul 12, 2004 scorecard

Profile

A natural gloveman with an eye for the spectacular, Keith Piper was a Warwickshire stalwart for 16 years, a period that included the club's mighty achievements in the early 1990s, when they won the County Championship title in 1994 and an unprecedented treble the following season. He went on two England A tours, but in an era dominated by Alec Stewart and Jack Russell, senior international cricket eluded Piper, although in truth his batting, with an average in the high-teens, was never really up to the modern-day standards. His off-the-field life was rather too hedonistic as well. After serving a drugs ban in 1997, he tested positive for cannabis in the opening round of matches in 2005, after returning to the game following an 18-month injury hiatus. He retired at the end of the season.
Andrew Miller October 2006