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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. 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, and was considered a candidate for the honour of Wisden's Schools Cricketer of the Year. His great-uncle Mike Griffith, who had been the last cricketer to score 1,000 runs in a season for Marlborough in 1961, played more than 350 matches for Sussex County Cricket Club and was an England and Great Britain hockey international, whilst his great-grandfather Billy Griffith played three Test matches for England and captained Sussex. Mead also played rackets at school, winning the under-18 Renny Cup championship at Queen's Club in 2016.

Mead made his debut for Kent in May 2022 in a first-class match against a Sri Lanka Development XI. 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. 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. 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.

During the 2023 cricket season Mead played for Berkshire County Cricket Club in the National Counties Championship. He made Second XI appearances for Somerset, Sussex and Derbyshire.

Notes

1. The record Mead broke had stood for 82 years. It was beaten the following year by Harry Cowling who scored 215 not out for a Marlborough age-group side. Mead's score remains the highest score for the college's First XI.

References

1. Billy Mead, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
2. ^ Billy Mead, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-07. (subscription required)
3. ^ Now... and Then, Marlborough Together, Autumn 2017, pp. 8–9. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
4. Cricket, The Marlburian, 2016/17, p. 114. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
5. 2017/18 – Year in Review, Marlborough College. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
6. Cricket, The Marlburian, 2017/18, p. 122. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-10.)
7. ^ Henderson D (2018) Schools Cricket in 2017, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2018, pp. 749–752. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4729-5354-4
8. Billy Mead double century record for Marlborough, Vimps at the Crease, 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
9. Tuesday May 2nd 2017, Schools Cricket Online, 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
10. Schools, The Cricketer, June 2019, p. 99.
11. Mike Griffith, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-05-07. (subscription required)
12. Billy Griffith, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
13. Rackets, The Marlburian, 2016/17, p. 150. (Available online. Retrieved 2022-05-08.)
14. Billy is national rackets king at Queens, Vimps at the Crease, 2016-012-24. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
15. Darren Stevens strikes again with rapid ton against Sri Lanka Development XI, CricInfo, 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
16. Match report: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
17. 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. (subscription required)
18. ^ 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.
19. Billy Mead hits unbeaten 114 as Longparish beat Bishops Waltham, Andover Advertiser, 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
20. Match preview: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-05-07.

External links

Billy Mead at ESPNcricinfo

• 1999 births
• Living people
• People educated at Marlborough College
• English cricketers
• Kent cricketers
• Cricketers from Winchester