Gary Sedgwick Rice is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Rice was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Leicester

Leicester

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, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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, the son of Alan Rice

Alan Rice

Alan Sedgwick Rice is a former English cricketer. Rice was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire....

 who played first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 for Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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.

Rice made his debut for Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1982 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club

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. Rice played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1982 to 1988, including nine Minor Counties Championship matches and six MCCA Knockout Trophy

MCCA Knockout Trophy

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 matches. In 1982, he made his List A debut against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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 in the NatWest Trophy

1982 NatWest Trophy

The 1982 NatWest Trophy was the 2nd NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 4 September 1982...

. He played two further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, against Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 in 1983

1983 NatWest Trophy

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 and Warwickshire in 1988

1988 NatWest Trophy

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. In his three List A matches, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average

Bowling average

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 of 83.00, with best figures of 1/31.

External links

• Gary Rice at ESPNcricinfo
• Gary Rice at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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