Simon Renshaw

Simon John Renshaw (born 6 March 1974) is an English former cricketer. He played cricket at first-class and List A level as a bowler predominantly for Hampshire. He also played at minor counties level for Cheshire and Staffordshire, and toward the latter part of his minor counties career, he was considered an all-rounder.

Cricket career Early cricket career Renshaw was born in March 1974 in Bebington, Cheshire. Renshaw began playing club cricket for Oxton, and later attended the University of Leeds, where he came to the attention of Yorkshire. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Cheshire against Devon in the 1994 Minor Counties Championship, with Renshaw making eight appearances for Cheshire that season in the Minor Counties Championship, alongside making his debut in List A one-day cricket against Durham at Bowdon in the first round of the 1994 NatWest Trophy. Whilst attending the University of Leeds, Renshaw was selected to represent the Combined Universities cricket team in 1995, making his debut in first-class cricket for the team against the touring West Indians at Oxford, with Brian Lara scoring five fours from one of Renshaw's overs. He also made five appearances for the Combined Universities in the Benson & Hedges Cup. making his Hampshire debut in a first-class match against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1996. In his debut season, he also made six appearances in the County Championship, He also made five one-day appearances for Hampshire in the 1996 Axa Equity & Law League, having played for Cheshire earlier in the season against Northamptonshire in the first round of the NatWest Trophy. His 25 one-appearances in 1997 yielded him 37 wickets at an average of 25.70, with Renshaw taking his only one-day five wicket haul with 6 for 25 against Surrey at Southampton; as of , he is one of only nine Hampshire players to have taken six wickets or more in a limited-overs fixture. His performances in 1997 saw him named the NBC Denis Compton Award recipient for Hampshire.

Peter Hartley's arrival in 1998 saw Renshaw's opportunities that season restricted to just two first-class and three one-day matches. He was released by Hampshire at the end of that season, alongside the retiring Hartley and Lee Savident. In 49 one-day matches, he took 62 wickets at an average of 28.02. A tailend batsman, he made one half century for Hampshire, which came in a first-class match.

Return to minor counties cricket Renshaw returned to play minor counties cricket for Cheshire in 2001, making five appearances in that season's Minor Counties Championship and one appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy; additionally during his first season back at Cheshire, he made a single List A one-day match against Cornwall at Camborne in the second round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Overall for Cheshire he made 28 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, scoring 1,035 runs at a batting average of 32.34, with one century. With the ball, he took 80 wickets at an average of 28.78, claiming five wickets in an innings on four occasions and ten-wickets in a match once.

Renshaw left Cheshire following the 2004 season to join Staffordshire, for whom he played one season for in 2005. There he played three Minor Counties Championship and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches, alongside playing against Surrey Leek in the first round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, in what was his final appearance in List A one-day cricket. Renshaw lived in Leicestershire, where he was a full-time sales manager. There he played club cricket for Kibworth in the Leicestershire Cricket League.