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Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Infobox cricketer Sebastian William Mead (born 3 February 1999) is an English cricketer who made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club in May 2022. Mead is a right-handed batter who typically plays as a wicket-keeper.

Mead was born at Winchester in Hampshire, grew up at Longparish, and was educated at Marlborough College on a sport scholarship.[1][2] He played cricket for the school XI for five years, captaining the college in 2017 when he scored 1,009 runs during the season, including a Marlborough record 214 not out,Шаблон:Efn[3] and was considered a candidate for the honour of Wisden's Schools Cricketer of the Year.[4][5][6][7] His great-uncle Mike Griffith, who had been the last cricketer to score 1,000 runs in a season for Marlborough in 1961,[3] played more than 350 matches for Sussex County Cricket Club and was an England and Great Britain hockey international,[4][8] whilst his great-grandfather Billy Griffith played three Test matches for England and captained Sussex.[9] Mead also played rackets at school, winning the under-18 Renny Cup championship at Queen's Club in 2016.[10][11]

Mead made his debut for Kent in May 2022 in a first-class match against a Sri Lanka Development XI.[12] He scored a century on debut, making 106 not out to become the 14th player to score a century for Kent on their debut first-class appearance for the club and the seventh to do so in their first first-class match.[13][14][15] He had played age-group cricket for Hampshire sides and Second XI cricket for Hampshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire before impressing for Kent's Second XI at the start of the 2022 season.[16][17] He also played for MCC Young Cricketers in the Second XI Championship in 2018 and 2019 and for Cape Town Cricket Club in the 2017/18 South African club season, spending two northern winters at Gary Kirsten's cricket academy in Cape Town.[2][15]

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  1. Billy Mead, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  2. 2,0 2,1 Billy Mead, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-07. Шаблон:Subscription
  3. 3,0 3,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок mt17 не указан текст
  4. 4,0 4,1 Henderson D (2018) Schools Cricket in 2017, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2018, pp. 749–752. London: Bloomsbury. Шаблон:Isbn
  5. Billy Mead double century record for Marlborough, Vimps at the Crease, 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  6. Tuesday May 2nd 2017, Schools Cricket Online, 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  7. Schools, The Cricketer, June 2019, p. 99.
  8. Mike Griffith, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-07. Шаблон:Subscription
  9. Billy Griffith, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  10. Rackets, The Marlburian, 2016/17, p. 150. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
  11. Billy is national rackets king at Queens, Vimps at the Crease, 2016-012-24. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  12. Darren Stevens strikes again with rapid ton against Sri Lanka Development XI, CricInfo, 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  13. Match report: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  14. Alderman E (2022) The Scorer: History for Alastair Cook, joy for Harry Brook and an England opener worth a second look, The Times, 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10. Шаблон:Subscription
  15. 15,0 15,1 Carter S (2022) Former Southern Premier League youngster Billy Mead follows up cup century against Waterlooville by making century on first class debut, The News, 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  16. Billy Mead hits unbeaten 114 as Longparish beat Bishops Waltham, Andover Advertiser, 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  17. Match preview: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-05-07.