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- ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Jamie Grove (3)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ↑ "Essex v Surrey: Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Jamie Grove (25)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.