Brett Alan Hutton (born 6 February 1993) is an English

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er who plays for

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

. He is a right-handed

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and bowls right-arm

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Career

Born in

Doncaster Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

, Hutton attended

Worksop College Worksop College (formerly St Cuthbert's College) is a British co-educational private school for both boarding and day pupils aged 11 to 18, in Worksop. It sits at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire, England. Founded by N ...

in north Nottinghamshire where he was the recipient of a cricket scholarship. He made his first-class debut for

against the

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in the Champion County match at the start of the 2011 season at the

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. In this match, he was dismissed in Nottinghamshire's first-innings by Steve Kirby for nine runs, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a

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. With the ball, he bowled a total of 18 wicket-less overs in the match. Later in that season he made his

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debut against Sri Lanka A. He scored 17 unbeaten runs in this match, while with the ball he took the wicket of Nilanka Premaratne. Hutton made a further List A appearance later in the season against

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

in the

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. He made his

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debut on 20 May 2016 for Nottinghamshire against Birmingham Bears in the

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. In September 2017, Hutton left Nottinghamshire to join

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

on a three-year contract in order to play more one-day cricket. In June 2021, during the

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, Hutton took his 200th first-class wicket. Having rejoined Nottinghamshire in 2020, Hutton was the leading wicket-taker in the

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with 62 dismissals and was named the club's player of the year. He was also Nottinghamshire's top wicket-taker in the One-Day Cup in 2022 and 2023 and signed a new two-year contract with the club in February 2024. His 2022 haul included a List A career-best 7/26 against Surrey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutton, Brett 1993 births Living people Cricketers from Doncaster English cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers People educated at Worksop College