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Full name | Nicholas James Woods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bolton, Lancashire, England | 2 January 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Oxford UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,3 March 2020 |
Nicholas James Woods (born 2 January 1986) is an English former first-class cricketer.
The son of Steve Woods, [1] he was born at Bolton in January 1986. He was educated in Bolton at St James CE Secondary School and at Winstanley College in Wigan,before going up to Queen's College,Oxford. [2] While studying at Oxford he played first-class cricket for both Oxford University and Oxford UCCE from 2005–07,making nine appearances. [notes 1] Six of these were for Oxford UCCE,while the remaining three were for Oxford University against Cambridge University in The University Match. [3] He scored 231 runs in his nine first-class matches,at an average of 23.10 and a high score of 27. With his leg break bowling,he took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 65.27 and best figures of 3 for 46. [2] Woods trialled for Lancashire,but was unable to secure a contract. [1]