Blake Peter Coburn (born 25 December 1995) is a New Zealand

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er. He played for

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from 2017–18 to 2022–23. Coburn was born in

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and educated there at

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. A left-arm wrist-spin bowler, he has an unusual bowling action: his torso rotates downward and his head gets below the horizontal when releasing the ball. Coburn made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 23 October 2017. In November 2017, in his second match, he took 7 for 64 in the second innings to lead Canterbury to victory over Northern Districts by 8 runs. He made his

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debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 17 December 2017. He made his

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debut for Canterbury in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 7 November 2018. After some time out of the Canterbury team, he was awarded a contract for the 2022–23 season. Coburn announced his retirement from professional cricket in June 2023, aged 27.

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