Callum Frederick Jackson (born 7 September 1994) is an English professional

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er who played most recently as a

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for

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. Jackson made his

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debut for

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in a three-day match against a touring Australian side in July 2013, having made his professional debut in

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matches earlier in the same month. He has represented England at under-19 level.

Early life and career

Born in

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, Jackson was educated at St Bede's School, Eastbourne. He made his way through the Sussex youth ranks, playing at under-13, under-14, under-15 and under-17 level before joining the second XI as a 16-year-old in 2011. He was selected to represent an English Schools Cricket Association XI in 2011English school stars shine at Lord's
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'', 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-18. before making his first appearance for the Sussex first XI on 1 May 2012 in a non-first-class match against the

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team. In early 2013, Jackson was selected for the England under-19 side to tour South Africa,Shiv Thakor to captain England U-19s on South Africa tour

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, 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2013-07-26. where he played in both Youth

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and three

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s in a five-match series, as well as in the two-innings warm-up match against a Western Cape Invitation XI.

Cricket career

With Sussex's first-choice wicket-keeper,

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, on

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duty in the

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and regular back-up Ben Brown injured with a broken finger, Jackson made his competitive debut for the club in a Friends Life t20 match against the Essex Eagles on 21 July 2013. Although he did not bat and Sussex lost by seven wickets, he made an impression by stumping Greg Smith,

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and

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for Sussex's only wickets of the match. He appeared in a total of six limited overs matches for Sussex in 2013.Hollis S (2015
Sussex release wicketkeeper as cutbacks bite
''The Argus'', 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2016-04-18. In December 2015, Jackson was released by Sussex due to financial cutbacks at the club after making one further appearance for the county in 2015. In July 2016, he was registered to play for

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as cover for

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and Adam Rouse after spells in both the Kent and

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Second XIs. Jackson had appeared as a substitute fielder for Kent against Glamorgan in June following an injury to RouseJackson answers Kent's emergency call

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, 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2016-07-18. and made his

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debut in Kent's match against Essex at

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at the beginning of July.Sam Northeast and James Tredwell break records as Kent suffer 10 wicket defeat at Essex in Specsavers County Championship Division 2 at Chelmsford
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, 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2017-11-21. He signed a contract until the end of the season with Kent in mid-July, making his home debut for the club during Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week against his former county Sussex.Callum Jackson set for home debut after signing Kent contract

, 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2016-07-18. He played in three first-class matches and one limited overs matches for Kent and was released at the end of the season.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Callum 1994 births Living people Cricketers from Eastbourne English cricketers Kent cricketers Wicket-keepers