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Full name | Philip Jonathan Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Khartoum, Khartoum State, Sudan | 12 August 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002 | Oxford UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 December 2011 |
Philip Jonathan Clark (born 12 August 1979) is an Australian political scientist and a former cricketer. Clark was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast.
Clark,an Australian citizen,was born in Khartoum,Sudan, [1] [2] and obtained his Bachelor of International Studies at Flinders University. [3] While studying for a degree at the University of Oxford,where he was a Rhodes Scholar, [3] Clark made a single first-class appearance for Oxford UCCE against Worcestershire at University Parks in 2002. [4] Clark took a single wicket in Worcestershire's first-innings total of 523/6 declared,that of Anurag Singh to finish with figures of 1/72 from thirteen overs. He was dismissed for a duck by Alamgir Sheriyar in Oxford UCCE's first-innings total of 145,while in Worcestershire's second-innings he bowled four wicketless overs in their total of 159/6. With a target of 538 to chase,Oxford UCCE could only manage 205 all out,with Clark ending that innings not out on 0. Worcestershire won the match by 332 runs. [5] This was his only major appearance for Oxford UCCE.
After his cricket match,Clark later got his Doctor of Philosophy in Politics from Oxford,and he later became a political scientist specialising in war and post-war issues and a Professor of International Politics at the SOAS University of London. [3]