Thomas Bratboel Nielsen is a former Danish cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Nielsen was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

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Farooq represented Denmark Under-19

Denmark Under-19 cricket team

The Denmark Under-19 cricket team represents the country of Denmark in U-19 international cricket.Denmark played their first Under-19 fixture against the Netherlands Under-19 in Toronto in 1979. The team played 6 youth One Day International's during the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup...

's in 4 youth One Day Internationals in 1998, He later made his debut for Denmark in a List A match against Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

 in the 1st round of the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

The 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was the 4th Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, an English county cricket tournament, held between 3 May and 3 September 2005. The competition was contested by all 18 first-class counties, as well as 10 minor counties and the national teams of Scotland, Ireland,...

. In his only List A match he was dismissed for a duck

Duck (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a duck refers to a batsman's dismissal for a score of zero.-Origin of the term:The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began...

 by Steffan Jones

Steffan Jones

For the Welsh rugby union player see Steffan Jones Philip Steffan Jones is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Derbyshire. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler....

. With the ball he took a single wicket at a cost of 30 runs.

External links

• Thomas Nielsen at ESPNcricinfo
• Thomas Nielsen at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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