Andrew P Walton (born 28 February 1965) is a

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-born former

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er. Walton played as a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm medium pace.Andrew Walton
CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2024. Walton represented the

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in three

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matches. These came against the

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, the

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and

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, all in the

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. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 13 runs at a

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of 4.33, with a high score of eight. With the ball he took four wickets at a

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of 22.25, with best figures of 3/31. In February 2020, he was named in Zimbabwe's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Andrew 1965 births Living people English people of Zimbabwean descent English cricketers Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwean emigrants to the United Kingdom Kent Cricket Board cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen