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| Full name | Nicholas Roy Welch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1998 Harare, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 135) | 6 February 2025 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 7 August 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 73) | 24 October 2023 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 November 2023 v Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/14–2023/24 | Mashonaland Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Loughborough MCCU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Leicestershire (squad no. 67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024/25– | Mountaineers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 August 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas Roy Welch (born 5 February 1998) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who has played for Mashonaland Eagles and Mountaineers in Zimbabwe. [1] After playing domestic cricket in Zimbabwe and representing Zimbabwe at Under-13 and Under-17 levels, [2] he moved to England,signing to play for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in September 2020. [3] [4] In the same month,he also gained UK citizenship. [5] He had been in England for five years by then. According to Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon,he had improved his game by watching the likes of Adam Lyth and Alex Hales. [6]
In March 2019,he played for Loughborough MCCU in a first-class match against Leicestershire,as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. [7] He made his Twenty20 debut on 13 September 2020,for Leicestershire in the 2020 t20 Blast. [8] He had signed a contract extension with Leicestershire in 2022,before leaving the county in 2023. [9] [10] He represented Harare Kings and Uprising in Zimbabwe's National Premier League in 2020 and played for Durban Qalandars who won the inaugural Zim Afro T10 in 2023. [11]
On 24 October 2023,he made his debut in international cricket for Zimbabwe against Namibia in a T20 match at Windhoek,where he was dismissed by the first ball of the match. [12] Playing for Mountaineers in the Logan Cup in 2024–25,he scored a century in each match in the first three rounds:125 and 16,151 and 22,18 and 159. [13] He then had a 100% conversion rate from fifties to hundreds. [14]
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