Richard James Gleeson (born 2 December 1987) is an English cricketer, who plays for Lancashire in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in July 2022.[1]
Initially, Gleeson played for Northants on a match-by-match basis while continuing his full-time job coaching in schools and cricket clubs on behalf of the Lancashire Cricket Board, but in July 2016 he signed a three-year contract with Northants.[4] He signed to play Twenty20 cricket for the Rangpur Riders in the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League.[5] He moved from Northamptonshire to Lancashire towards the end of the 2018 season.[6]
On being named in England's training squad in May 2020, and the possibility of playing for England, Gleeson said "never give up, keep following your dream and keep pursuing things".[7] On 9 July 2020, Gleeson was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland,[8][9] and was later named as one of three reserve players in England's squad for the series.[10][11]