Max Scarr
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Max James Liam Scarr is an English
English people
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 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. Scarr is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Oxford
Oxford
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, Oxfordshire
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 and educated at Monmouth School
Monmouth School
Monmouth School is an HMC boys' boarding and day school in Monmouth, Monmouthshire in south east Wales. It was founded in 1614 by William Jones. It is run as a trust, the William Jones's Schools Foundation, by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, one of the Livery Companies...

 in Wales
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While studying for his degree at Durham University
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

, Scarr made his first-class
First-class cricket
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 debut for Durham MCCU against Durham
Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...

 in 2011. He played a further first-class match for the university in 2011, against Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
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. In his two first-class appearances that season, Scarr scored 31 runs at an average
Batting average
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 of 7.75, with a high score of 16. With the ball, he bowled a total of 14 wicket-less overs
Over (cricket)
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External links

  • Max Scarr at ESPNcricinfo
  • Max Scarr at CricketArchive
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