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Full name | Alasdair Worsfold Maclay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | 15 October 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1993–1996 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 June 2020 |
Alasdair Worsfold Maclay (born 15 October 1973) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Maclay was born at Salisbury in October 1973. He was educated at Winchester College,before going up to St Edmund Hall,Oxford. [1] [2] While studying at Oxford,he played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1993–96,making twelve appearances. [3] Playing as a right-arm medium-fast bowler,he took 11 wickets at an average of 78.81 and best figures of 3 for 30. [4]
After graduating from Oxford,he spent eighteen years working in the financial services industry in London and South Africa,before working for The Rhodes Trust as the director of strategy and development where his focus was on expanding the Rhodes Scholarship to new geographic regions. Maclay is currently the chief funds officer of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. [2]
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC),which represents the University of Oxford,had held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). Following the 2021 University Match,OUCC lost its first-class status. It was classified as a List A team in 1973 only. Home fixtures are played at the University Parks slightly northeast of Oxford city centre.
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