Career
He made his first class debut for Oxford UCCE against Worcestershire in April 2009. Young signed a two-year development contract with Gloucestershire in August 2010 whilst also studying at Oxford Brookes University. Young"s older brother, Peter is also a cricketer and has also played 9 first-class games for Oxford UCCE.
born 21 May 1989, Chertsey, Surrey, England, Young made his debut for Oxford UCCE in a 3-day match against Worcestershire.
The game was affected by rain with no play on day one.
Due to the weather Young bowled only 3 overs for 22 runs and was 0 not out from one ball in a drawn match. Young made his highest first-class score of 133 runs from 179 balls against Lancashire in April 2011.
In April 2011 Young scored 80 runs from 111 balls for Oxford against Nottinghamshire in a drawn match, he also took one wicket in the match that of Andy Carter. In late May 2011, Young played for Gloucestershire in a first-class match against Essex.
He scored 51 not out in 126 balls in a drawn match at Bristol.
In June 2011, Young took 2 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 overs in a Twenty20 loss against Essex. Young also starred with the ball in a Twenty20 match against Hampshire in June 2011. He conceded only 14 runs and took 2 wickets in his maximum 4 overs in a 9 run loss.
In the winter of 2011, Young was part of Darren Lehmann"s cricket academy in Adelaide.
He returned from this experience to take a more active part in the County Championship during the 2012 season. Young played in just one County Championship game in 2013 and was consequently released by Gloucestershire on 8 October 2013.
As of 1 October 2013.
