Timothy Alan Munton was an English

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 cricket

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er. He played two Test match

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es for England

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 in 1992, but struggled to make an impression and was never selected again. A poor batsman, he averaged

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 just above 10 in first-class cricket

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, with a highest score of 54 not out from 272 innings.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, "at 6ft 6in, with an ability to make the ball swing, Munton is at his best in English conditions".

Life and career

Munton played the bulk of his career for Warwickshire

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, making his first-class

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 debut for the county against the touring Zimbabweans

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 in 1985. His first County Championship

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 appearance came a year later. He was Warwickshire's player of the season three times, including in the county's treble-winning 1994 season

1994 English cricket season

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, when he took 81 wickets.

Munton suffered badly from injury, missing half the 1995 season

1995 English cricket season

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 and all of 1997

1997 English cricket season

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, but in both 1998

1998 English cricket season

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 and 1999

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 managed to average

Bowling average

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 under 20 with the ball. In 2000, he moved to Derbyshire

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, making his final first-class appearance in July 2001. In first-cricket, Munton took a total of 737 wickets at 25.86 apiece.

Munton was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year

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in 1995.