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- ↑ Gloucestershire v Loughborough University Centre Of Cricketing Excellence in 2008, CricketArchive, 27 July 2008
- ↑ Worcestershire v Gloucestershire in 2008, CricketArchive, 27 July 2008
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- ↑ Chris Marshall (ed.). "The Cricketers' Who's Who 2008", Green Umbrella Publishing, 2008, p 235
