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Full name | George Anthony Garrett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England | 4 March 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | Warwickshire (squad no. 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | Kent (squad no. 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 18 August 2019 Warwickshire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 22 July 2021 Warwickshire v Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,28 September 2025 |
George Anthony Garrett (born 4 March 2000) is an English former professional cricketer. [1] [2] He played as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and Warwickshire.
Born at Harpenden in Hertfordshire in 2000,Garrett played age-group cricket for Warwickshire from 2014 before making his Second XI debut for the county during the 2018 season. [1] He was educated at Shrewsbury School,where he played for the school XI,and studied history at the University of Birmingham. [3] [4] He played club cricket for Harpenden Cricket Club in the Hertfordshire Cricket League before moving to play for Shrewsbury CC in 2019. [1] Although still a member of Warwickshire's Academy side,he made his First XI debut for the county side during the same season,taking a place in the side after the fast bowling attack had been reduced due to a series of injuries. He took two wickets on his senior debut in August in a County Championship match against Somerset at Edgbaston, [3] [5] [6] before making his Twenty20 debut for the side later in the month. [1]
After playing for the side during 2020,Garrett moved on to a full-time contract with Warwickshire at the beginning of the 2021 season. [7] He made his List A debut in July 2021, [8] but his opportunities in First XI cricket were limited and after six List A and a single first-class appearance during 2022, [1] he made only one senior appearance for the side during the 2023 season and at the end of the season signed a two-year contract to play for Kent. [9]
After two seasons with Kent,during which he played 17 times for the First XI, [1] Garrett announced his retirement from professional cricket in September 2025 in order to train as a lawyer. [4] [10] [11]