Northeast was born in Ashford in Kent in 1989 and grew up in Walmer near Dover . He first came to prominence when as a 13-year-old schoolboy he scored 19 hundreds during 2003 , 11 for Wellesley House School in Broadstairs , more than doubling the record for runs scored in a season for the school which had been set by Graham Cowdrey in 1977 . He went on to Harrow School on a sports scholarship , winning a place in the 1st XI at the age of 14 and becoming one of the youngest players to play in the Eton v Harrow match at Lord 's and the youngest for 60 years to do so . Kent County Cricket Club sent coaches to work with him at school rather than asking him to travel to Canterbury . He was part of the Harrow cricket team which was touring in Sri Lanka when the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck , escaping injury by climbing on to the roof of the pavilion at Galle
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Sam Northeast