Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | David Andrew Polkinghorne | ||||||||||||||
Born | Durban, Natal, South Africa | 20 April 1964||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1988 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,4 April 2020 |
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