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| Full name | Thomas Archbold Cotterell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 May 1963 Marylebone, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,3 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Archbold Cotterell (born 12 May 1963) is an English former cricketer and a novelist.
Cotterell was born at Marylebone in May 1963,and was educated at Downside School,before going up to Peterhouse,Cambridge. [1] While studying at Cambridge,he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Glamorgan at Fenner's in 1983. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1985,making 29 appearances. [2] Playing as an all-rounder,he scored 617 runs in his 29 appearances for Cambridge,at an average of 19.28 and a high score of 69 not out. [3] With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling,Cotterell took 41 wickets at a bowling average of 62.78. Though largely ineffective with the ball,he did take a five-wicket haul against Essex in 1983,with figures of 5 for 89. [4] [5] In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge,he also made seven List A one-day appearances for the Combined Universities cricket team,making four appearances in the 1984 Benson &Hedges Cup and three appearances in the 1985 Benson &Hedges Cup. [6]
After graduating from Cambridge,Cotterell worked in the City of London as an equities salesman for broking firm Hoare Govett and the investment bank Morgan Stanley. [7] He left his job in the City in 2000 to pursue his ambition to become a novelist,later writing the psychological thriller What Alice Knew,as well as contributing pieces to The Daily Telegraph . He is married to Emily,they have three children. [8]
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