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Full name | Oliver Henry Freckingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oakham, Rutland, England | 12 November 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013–2016 | Leicestershire (squad no. 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 10 April 2013 Leics v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 14 August 2014 Leics v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,5 April 2017 |
Oliver Henry Freckingham (born 12 November 1988) is an English first-class cricketer. He was born at Oakham and played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman.
Freckingham first played for Leicestershire's Second XI in 2010. He has played league cricket for Loughborough Town. [1]
Freckingham signed a one-year contract with Leicestershire in September 2012 [2] to play in the 2013 County Championship season. He made his debut in the season opener against Hampshire at The Rose Bowl taking 3/100 in his first innings. He became a regular in Leicestershire's County Championship side and in his fifth game took 6/125,and had match figures of 9/188 against Northamptonshire. [3]
After being Leicestershire's leading wicket-taker during the 2013 season,Freckingham signed a new two-year deal in October 2013. [4]
Freckingham plays golf to a good standard and before he joined Leicestershire full-time,worked as a shop manager at Rutland County Golf Club. [2]
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