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Full name | Edward James Byrom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Harare, Zimbabwe | 17 June 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Somerset (squad no. 97) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18 | Rising Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | →Glamorgan (on loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022/23 | Mid West Rhinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023/24 | Southern Rocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 26 June 2017 Somerset v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 25 July 2021 Somerset v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,11 March 2024 |
Edward James Byrom (born 17 June 1997) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. [1] [2] Byrom qualifies to play for the Zimbabwe cricket team,as his place of birth,and for the Ireland cricket team,due to holding an Irish passport. [3]
Byrom made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 2017 County Championship on 26 June 2017. [4] [5] He scored his maiden first-class half-century in the final match of the season against Middlesex to help Somerset to victory and Division One survival. [6] [7]
In October 2017,he signed for the Zimbabwean domestic team the Rising Stars,allowing him to play in the 2017–18 Logan Cup. [8] In his first match for the Rising Stars,he made 152 in the second innings against Matabeleland Tuskers in Harare,his maiden first-class century. [9] [10]
He made his Twenty20 debut on 2 August 2019,for Somerset in the 2019 t20 Blast,hitting 54 runs from 19 balls. [11] Byrom scored a century in the final of the 2020 Bob Willis Trophy. [12] He made his List A debut on 25 July 2021,for Somerset in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. [13]
On 3 September 2021,Byrom joined Glamorgan on loan for the remainder of the 2021 season ahead of signing a two-year deal with the Welsh county. [14]
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