Nick Gaywood
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Nicholas 'Nick' Richard Gaywood (born 30 April 1963) is a former English
English people
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 cricket
Cricket
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er. Gaywood was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580....

, Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

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Minor Counties cricket

Gaywood made his debut for Devon
Devon County Cricket Club
Devon County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Devon and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy....

 in 1981 against the Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 in the Minor Counties Championship. From 1981 to 1999, he represented Devon in 123 Championship matches, the last of which came against Cornwall
Cornwall County Cricket Club
Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

. In 1986, he made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...

 for the county 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...

. From 1986 to 1998, he represented the county in 26 further Trophy matchesm the last of which came against Shropshire
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

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List A cricket

Gaywood's List A debut for Devon came against Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
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 in the 1st round of the 1985 NatWest Trophy
1985 NatWest Trophy
The 1985 NatWest Trophy was the 5th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 7 September 1985...

. From 1985 to 1998, he played in 8 List A matches for Devon, the last of which came against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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 in the 1st round of the 1998 NatWest Trophy
1998 NatWest Trophy
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. In his 8 List A matches for Devon, he scored 169 runs at a batting average
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 of 20.25, with a single half century high score of 69. In 1993, he was selected to represent a combined Minor Counties team in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup. He played a single match in the competition for team, 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...

. He played 2 further List A matches for the team, twice in 1997 and once in 1998.

External links

  • Nick Gaywood at ESPNcricinfo
  • Nick Gaywood at CricketArchive
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