Maxwell 'Max' Charles Tucker (born 22 December 1991) is an Australian

Australian people

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 born Hong Kong

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Tucker is a left-handed batsman who is a right-arm bowler

Bowling

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. He was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

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Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s

Hong Kong Under-19 cricket team

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 in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, he made his World Cricket League

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 debut for Hong Kong

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 in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Two

2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two

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. It was in this tournament that he made his List A debut against Uganda. He played a further List A match in the competition, against Papua New Guinea. In his first match he was dismissed for a duck

Duck (cricket)

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 by Frank Nsubuga

Frank Nsubuga

Franco "Frank" Nsubuga is a Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Uganda national cricket team since 2001. His matches include four first-class matches and seven List A matches....

. He bowled 3 wicket-less overs

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 in this match, for the cost of 16 runs. In his second match, he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Andrew McIntosh

Andrew McIntosh (cricketer)

Andrew McIntosh is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. McIntosh is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He was born in Madang, Madang Province....

. With the ball he claimed a single wicket, that of Tony Ura

Tony Ura

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 for the cost of 23 runs from 6 overs.

He is the son of Darren Tucker, who played 2 List A matches for New South Wales in 1989. His uncle is Rod Tucker

Rod Tucker

Rodney James Tucker is a cricket umpire and member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel. He was a cricketer who played briefly for New South Wales from 1985/86 to 1987/88, before moving to Tasmania who he played for from 1987/88 to 1998/99. He was also vice-captain of Tasmania from 1991/92 until 1995/96...

, who played first-class cricket

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 for New South Wales and Tasmania, and who is currently on the ICC Elite Umpire Panel

ICC Elite umpire panel

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External links

• Max Tucker at ESPNcricinfo
• Max Tucker at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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