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Full name | Oliver Findlay Mortimer Sykes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wandsworth, Surrey, England | 6 March 2005||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024–present | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 26 September 2024 Surrey v Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 6 August 2024 Surrey v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,29 September 2024 |
Oliver Findlay Mortimer Sykes (born 6 March 2005) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. [1] He is a left-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. [2]
He attended Tonbridge School. [3] In 2024,he was named Wisden schools cricketer of the year after taking 30 wickets and scoring 935 runs for Tonbridge in the 2023 summer. [4] [5]
He joined the Surrey Academy in May 2023. [6] In July 2024,he signed a rookie contract with Surrey. [7] He made his T20 debut for Surrey in the 2024 T20 Blast against Kent Spitfires on 7 July 2024. [2] [8] He made his List A debut for Surrey on 6 August 2024 in the One-Day Cup against Leicestershire. [9] He scored his first half century when striking 87 from 56 balls in an unbeaten 150-run partnership with Josh Blake against Essex on 9 August 2024. [10] [11] He made his first-class debut along with Josh Blake and Yousef Majid,for Surrey in the 2024 County Championship on 26 September 2024,against Essex. [12]
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