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.Billy Mead, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 May 2022.Billy Mead, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2022. 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.Henderson D (2018) Schools Cricket in 2017, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2018, pp. 749–752. London: Bloomsbury. Billy Mead double century record for Marlborough, Vimps at the Crease, 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2022.Tuesday May 2nd 2017, Schools Cricket Online, 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2022.Schools, The Cricketer, June 2019, p. 99. 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,Mike Griffith, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2022. whilst his great-grandfather Billy Griffith played three Test matches for England and captained Sussex.Billy Griffith, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 May 2022. Mead also played rackets at school, winning the under-18 Renny Cup championship at Queen's Club in 2016.Rackets, The Marlburian, 2016/17, p. 150. (Available online. Retrieved 8 May 2022.)Billy is national rackets king at Queens, Vimps at the Crease, 2016-012-24. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
Mead made his debut for Kent in May 2022 in a first-class match against a Sri Lanka Development XI.Darren Stevens strikes again with rapid ton against Sri Lanka Development XI, CricInfo, 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022. 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.Match report: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 7 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.Alderman E (2022) The Scorer: History for Alastair Cook, joy for Harry Brook and an England opener worth a second look, The Times, 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022. 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, 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022. He had played age-group cricket for Hampshire teams and Second XI cricket for Hampshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire before impressing for Kent's Second XI at the start of the 2022 season.Billy Mead hits unbeaten 114 as Longparish beat Bishops Waltham, Andover Advertiser, 29 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2022.Match preview: Kent vs Sri Lanka Development XI, Kent County Cricket Club, 5 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022. 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.
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