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Full name | Peter Daniel Lunn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | 16 April 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989–1990 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 June 2020 |
Peter Daniel Lunn (born 16 April 1970) is a behavioural economist,former journalist and English former first-class cricketer.
Lunn was born at Oxford in April 1970. He later studied at New College at the University of Oxford. [1]
He played first-class cricket for Oxford University while studying there,making his debut against Northamptonshire at Oxford in 1989. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1990,making sixteen appearances. [2] Lunn scored 431 runs in his sixteen matches,at an average of 26.93 and a high score of 61,which was his only half century. [3] As a leg break bowler,he bowled 97 overs taking a total of 3 wickets. [4]
Lunn was an assistant editor of the BBC Newsnight programme,before becoming editor of the Dublin radio station Newstalk from its launch in April 2002 until August 2003,. [5] [6]
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