Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Neil Patrick Anderson | ||||||||||||||
Born | Banbridge, Northern Ireland | 27 February 1979||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1998/99 | Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,2 January 2022 |
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