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| Full name | Cameron Tate Steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1995 Greenbrae, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Middlesex (squad no. 22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Durham MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Durham (squad no. 14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Hampshire (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Surrey (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2026 | Surrey (squad no. 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 1 April 2014 Durham MCCU v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 27 April 2017 Durham v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 August 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cameron Tate Steel (born 13 September 1995) is an English and American former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right arm leg spinner at the domestic level in England from 2014 to 2026.
Career
[edit]While studying at Durham University, Steel made his first-class debut for Durham MCCU against Derbyshire on 1 April 2014.[1] In October 2016, after his release from Middlesex, Steel signed for Durham ahead of the 2017 season.[2] He made his List A debut for Durham in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 27 April 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Durham in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 23 July 2017.[4] In 2017 he scored 224 for Durham against Leicestershire.[5]
Born in California, Steel holds a United States passport.[6] In June 2019, he was named in a 30-man training squad for the United States cricket team, ahead of the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Bermuda.[6]
On 18 April 2021, Steel signed for Hampshire on a two-month loan deal.[7] On 16 July 2021 Steel signed for Surrey on a two-year contract until the end of the 2023 season. For the remainder of the 2021 season he joined Surrey on loan[8] Steel was part of the Surrey team that won the 2022 County Championship.
On 18 September 2023, Steel signed a new multi-year contract extension at Surrey.[9] In the opening three rounds of the 2024 County Championship he was the competition's highest wicket-taker, with 20 wickets.[10]
Steel retired from cricket in April 2026 due to complications from an ankle injury he suffered in 2024.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Derbyshire v Durham MCCU, 1-3 April 2014". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Coughlin & Steel sign on for 2017". Durham County Cricket Club. 8 October 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "Royal London One-Day Cup, North Group: Durham v Derbyshire at Chester-le-Street, Apr 27, 2017". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ "North Group, NatWest t20 Blast at Manchester, Jul 23". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ↑ "Durham vs Leics, at Leicester, Aug 06 2017". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- 1 2 "Former SA pacer Rusty Theron named in USA squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ↑ "Hants sign Durham's Steel on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ "Steel joins Surrey on two-year deak". Kia Oval.
- ↑ "Surrey trio pen new contracts". Kia Oval. 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "Surrey demolish Kent to notch first win of the season". Cricinfo. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ↑ "Cameron Steel: Surrey leg-spinner announces immediate retirement". BBC Sport. 27 April 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Cameron Steel at Cricinfo
- Cameron Steel at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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