Summary
Jason Ian Douglas Kerr (born 7 April 1974 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer, who is currently head coach of Somerset County Cricket Club.
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| Full name | Jason Ian Douglas Kerr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1974 Bolton, Greater Manchester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder Somerset Head Coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2001 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 8 May 1993 Somerset v Australians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 18 September 2002 Derbyshire v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 16 May 1993 Somerset v Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 22 September 2002 Derbyshire v Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An all-rounder, he played as right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1993, before moving to Derbyshire in 2001.
After back injury curtailed his career at the end of 2002, Bridgwater Cricket Club appointed Kerr as director of coaching in 2004 to spearhead their West of England Premier League promotion bid. He succeeded Ben Wellington, who resigned in early February 2004 because of his commitments as a full-time coach at Somerset's Centre of Excellence.[1] Kerr returned to Somerset as a self-employed coach in 2005, before taking up the Academy Director post full-time in February 2006, replacing the ECB bound Kevin Shine.[2] At the end of the 2013 season, Kerr was promoted to the role of First XI bowling coach.[3]
In October 2017, following the departure of Director of Cricket Matthew Maynard, Kerr was promoted to head coach of Somerset.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Ex-Somerset star signs up". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2006.
- ^ "Kerr to head up academy". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2006.
- ^ "Somerset add Dave Houghton & Jason Kerr to coaching team". BBC Sport. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Andy Hurry: Somerset name director of cricket, Jason Kerr becomes head coach". BBC Sport. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
External links edit
- Jason Kerr at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Jason Kerr at ESPNcricinfo
- Interview re role at Somerset Academy