Darren Charles Gerard (born 17 April 1984) is a cricketer who represented Oxford University in matches against Cambridge University in 2004 and 2006.

Early and personal life

Gerard was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, and is Jewish. He attended Lochinver House School, Haileybury College, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Darren Gerard

Cricket career

In the 2004 contest at Lord's he took 5/29 as Oxford won by eight wickets. Gerard was used as a net bowler by England during their tour of South Africa in 2004/05.

Darren Gerard

Gerard led the Great Britain cricket squad at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, where they gained a bronze medal, their first in over 12 years at the Games.

Darren Gerard

In 2006 he made his first-class debut, taking 2/25.

In 2008, he was named along with Mark Bott and Jason Molins to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.

In 2016, Gerard made his debut on the US Cricket team with a loss to the British Army.

See also

List of select Jewish cricketers

References

1984 births

Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford

Living people

Jewish cricketers

People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Oxford University cricketers

Competitors at the 2005 Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Games medalists in cricket

Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Great Britain

Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games

Sportspeople from Chipping Barnet

English cricketers

English Jews

Jewish British sportspeople