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| Full name | Robert Marcus Wight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1969 Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,22 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Marcus Wight (born 12 September 1969) is a former English cricketer. Wight was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Kensington,London and later undertook further education at Exeter University,before attending Cambridge University. [1]
While studying at Cambridge,Wight made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Leicestershire in 1992. He made eight further first-class appearances for the university in that season,the last of which came against Oxford University at Lord's. [2] In his nine first-class appearances for the university,he scored 366 runs at an average of 28.15,with a high score of 62 not out. [3] This score,which was one of two fifties he made for the university,came against Oxford University. [4] With the ball,he took 18 wickets at a bowling average of 37.61,with best figures of 3/65. [5] He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Pakistanis in that season. [2]
Following his studies,he joined Gloucestershire for the 1993 season,making his debut for the county against Northamptonshire in the 1993 County Championship. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county,the last of which came against the touring New Zealanders. [2] In his nine first-class appearances for Gloucestershire,he scored a total of 205 runs at an average of 17.08,with a high score of 54. [3] This score,which was his only first-class half century for Gloucestershire,came against Leicestershire in 1993. [6] In his debut season with Gloucestershire,he also made his List A debut against Kent in the AXA Equity &Law League. Wight made eleven further List A appearances,the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1994 AXA Equity &Law League. [7] In his twelve List A appearances,he scored 51 runs at an average of 7.28,with a high score of 18. [8] With the ball,he took 9 wickets at an average of 31.00,with best figures of 2/28. [9] He left Gloucestershire at the end of the 1994 season.
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