Timothy Lester

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Timothy Adam Lester (born 25 March 1964) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Hampstead. [1]

He boarded at Stowe School on a cricketing scholarship he then attended Exeter University for his tertiary education.

Lester made his cricketing debut in the Minor Counties Championship for Oxfordshire during the 1984 season and played regularly for the team for eleven seasons. [2]

Lester made a single first-class appearance, for Minor Counties, during the 1990 season. In the only innings in which he batted, he scored a valiant 4 runs before being caught off the bowling of Anil Kumble [3] [4]

Lester made 7 List A appearances for Oxfordshire between 1989 and 1993. [3] He was an upper-middle order batsman.

Currently, he works as an English Teacher at International Grammar School in Sydney, Australia.

He also enjoys walking his Australian Kelpie x Staffordshire Bull Terrier along scenic routes.

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References

  1. "Timothy Lester" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Timothy Lester" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Timothy Lester". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. "Minor Counties v Indians in 1990" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2019.