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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024|cs1-dates=ly formats}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Robbie Joseph
|               image = 
|             country = 
|            fullname = Robert Hartman Joseph
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|1|20|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St John's]], [[Antigua]]
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
|                role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
|               club1 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
|               year1 = 2004–2011
|               club2 = [[Leeward Islands cricket team|Leeward Islands]]
|               year2 = 2008/09
|               club3 = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
|               year3 = 2012
|               club4 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]
|               year4 = 2014
|             columns = 3
|             column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches1 = 69
|               runs1 = 605
|            bat avg1 = 10.61
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 36[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries1 = 10,034
|            wickets1 = 188
|           bowl avg1 = 32.40
|            fivefor1 = 7
|             tenfor1 = 1
|       best bowling1 = 6/32
|  catches/stumpings1 = 14/–
|             column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches2 = 38
|               runs2 = 46
|            bat avg2 = 9.20
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 15
|         deliveries2 = 1,469
|            wickets2 = 43
|           bowl avg2 = 30.06
|            fivefor2 = 1
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 5/13
|  catches/stumpings2 = 7/–
|             column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
|            matches3 = 9
|               runs3 = 1
|            bat avg3 = –
|           100s/50s3 = 0/0
|          top score3 = 1
|         deliveries3 = 168
|            wickets3 = 10
|           bowl avg3 = 21.30
|            fivefor3 = 0
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 2/14
|  catches/stumpings3 = 3/–
|                date = 19 July
|                year = 2015
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15614.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Robert Hartman Joseph''' (born 20 January 1982) is an Antiguan-born English cricket coach and former professional [[cricket]]er.

Joseph was born at [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St John's]] in Antigua in 1982 but completed his education in the United Kingdom, attending [[Sutton Valence School]] near [[Maidstone]] in [[Kent]] on a cricket scholarship in 1997, before completing a degree at [[St Mary's University College, Twickenham|St Mary's University College]] in [[Twickenham]].<ref name=ci>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/robbie-joseph-15614 Robbie Joseph], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2023-12-04.</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11465/11465.html Robbie Joseph], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-12-04. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name=ci14apr04>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/joseph-cleared-to-play-for-kent-134414 Joseph cleared to play for Kent], [[CricInfo]]<!--Note, not ESPN at this point-->, 2004-04-14. Retrieved 2023-12-04.</ref> He played club cricket for [[Folkestone]] Cricket Club in the [[kent Cricket League]] from the 1999 season and made his Second XI debut for Kent during the same season.<ref name=ca/>

After playing for the Second XI for five seasons and playing a single [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match in 2000 for a First-Class Counties XI against the New Zealand A side,<ref name=ci14apr04/> Joseph made his professional debut for [[Kent County Cricket Club]] at the end of the 2005 season, having been cleared to play for them in April 2004.<ref name=ca/><ref name=ci14apr04/> In 2008 he took 55 [[County Championship]] wickets and was selected to tour India with the England performance squad.<ref name=edp15mar18>Wise C (2018) [http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/robbie-joseph-cricket-1-5436493 Former Kent paceman Joseph joins Ashmanhaugh & Barton Wanderers], ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'', 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2018-03-20.</ref> He left Kent following the [[Kent County Cricket Club in 2011|2011 season]] and subsequently joined [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] on a short-term deal.<ref>[http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/leicestershire/joseph,316721,EN.html Joseph deal leads Leics activity], [[England and Wales Cricket Board]], 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2012-02-28.</ref> Joseph re-signed for Kent in April 2014 playing in six county championship matches during the season.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26957542 Robbie Joseph: Kent re-sign Antigua-born fast bowler], [[BBC Sport]], 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2015-07-19.</ref>

Joseph retired from top-class professional cricket after his second stint with Kent, playing club cricket with [[Hertford Cricket Club]] for a time before spending time as the performance coach of [[Cricket Namibia]]. In March 2018 he moved to [[Norfolk]] to become player-coach of [[Ashmanhaugh]] and Barton Wanderers Cricket Club, playing in Division Two of the Norfolk Alliance league.<ref name=edp15mar18/> In 2022 he began working as the bowling coach for [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club]], spending two years with the team before moving to take up the same role with Kent in December 2023.<ref name=bbc4dec23>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/67612127 Kent CCC: Toby Radford and Robbie Joseph join coaching staff], [[BBC Sport]], 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2023-12-04.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{cricinfo|id=15614}}

{{Kent County Cricket Club squad}}

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