David Defoe (born 5 April 1949) is a former international

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er who represented the Dutch national team at the

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. He was born in

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, and before emigrating to the Netherlands represented the

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and Combined Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. A left-arm pace bowler, Defoe made his first-class debut for the Windward Islands in January 1970, in a friendly match against the

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. Having taken 2/21 and 4/23 on debut, he was called up to the Combined Islands later in the season, playing three

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games.First-class matches played by David Defoe
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016. Defoe made regular appearances for the Windwards over the following two seasons, including against the touring New Zealanders in April 1972. His final appearance for the team came in September 1972, against the Leewards. Having emigrated to the Netherlands, Defoe was selected to make his international debut at the

in England. He played in three of his team's seven matches, and took three wickets. All of those came in the same match, against

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, where he finished with figures of 3/29 from 11 overs.Malaysia v Netherlands
ICC Trophy 1982 (Group B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

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