Nicholas Alexander Derbyshire (born September 11, 1970) is a former England

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 cricket

Cricket

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er who had a brief first class cricket career for Essex and Lancashire between 1994 and 1996. He appeared in only five County Championship

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 matches, scoring 52 runs with a best of 17 and taking five wickets at a bowling average

Bowling average

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 of over 60.00, and a one day game in which he did not bat or bowl. He enjoyed a far more prolific career in his county Second XI teams, playing up from Lancashire League cricket's Ramsbottom in 1987 to the Lancashire Second XI from 1989 until 1994, and then Essex's through to 1996.

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