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Full name | Vikai Kelley | ||||||||||||||
Born | Wolverhampton, England | 2 September 2002||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
Only Twenty20 | 1 September 2020 Bears v Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,5 September 2020 |
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