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Full name | Richard Michael Pyrah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dewsbury, England | 1 November 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pyro, RP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2015 | Yorkshire (squad no. 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 24 August 2004 Yorkshire v Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 11 June 2013 Yorkshire v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 15 May 2001 Yorkshire v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 20 June 2013 Yorkshire v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 October 2015 |
Richard Michael Pyrah (born 1 November 1982) is an English first-class cricketer,who played all his career for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. [1]
Educated at Ossett School,the 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pacer was used mainly in one day and Twenty20 cricket. He made his one-day debut in 2001,but had to wait until 2004 for his first-class bow. [1]
Pyrah made his 100th appearance for Yorkshire in one day cricket in June 2013,against Middlesex at Headingley. [2]
Rich has twin daughters,Mollie and Tilly. He also has a partner called Alexandra Jane Ahern which has a daughter called Lilly Ahern lee
In September 2015,at the end of his benefit season,Pyrah retired from professional cricket in order to take up a full-time post on the club's coaching staff. [2] [3]
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