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Full name | Alasdair Charles Dewhurst | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hammersmith, London, England | 5 November 1996||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,16 January 2022 |
Alasdair Charles Dewhurst (born 5 November 1996) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Dewhurst was educated at St Paul's School,before going up to Robinson College,Cambridge. [1] While studying at Cambridge,he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club from 2017 to 2019,making three appearances in The University Match. [2] He had some success in these matches,scoring 207 runs at an average of 34.50; [3] he made two half centuries,with scores of 91 and 65 in 2017 and 2018. [4] He was elected captain of the cricket club in 2018. [5]
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