Nicholas John Pringle is a former English cricket

Cricket

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er who played for Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset 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 Somerset...

 between 1986 and 1991. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played 27 first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches and 12 List A matches during his career. He also made appearances in the Second Eleven Championship for 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...

, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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 and Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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.

Cricket career

Pringle made his first-class debut for Somerset late in the 1986 season against Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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, bowling 10 overs in the first-innings without a wicket. Batting as part of the lower order, he scored 10 and 11 as Somerset lost by an innings after being forced to follow on. By the time of his next appearance in the County Championship

County Championship

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 midway through the following season, Pringle was considered more of a batsman, being moved up to number five

Batting order (cricket)

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. Playing back-to-back matches, Pringle enjoyed his best batting display in the next match, against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

. He scored a career-high 79, and shared a fourth-wicket partnership

Partnership (cricket)

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 of 193 with Martin Crowe

Martin Crowe

Martin David Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985, and was credited as one of the "best young batsmen in the world". Crowe represented New Zealand from the early 1980s until his retirement in 1996 as a right-handed batsman...

. His final match for Somerset in August 1991 against the touring Sri Lankans.

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