Callum Francis Parkinson (born 24 October 1996) is an English

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er who plays for

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. Primarily a

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bowler, he

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right handed. He is the twin-brother of

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and

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spinner, Matt Parkinson. On 17 September 2016, Parkinson rejected a new contract at

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

and signed for

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

ahead of the 2017 season. He made his

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debut for Leicestershire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 16 May 2017. He made his

Twenty20 Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the county cricket, inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two t ...

debut for Leicestershire in the

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on 9 July 2017. In April 2022, he was bought by the

Northern Superchargers Northern Superchargers are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the English city of Leeds. The team represents the areas of North East England and Yorkshire in The Hundred competition, which first took place during the 2021 English and W ...

for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkinson, Callum 1996 births Living people English cricketers Cricketers from Bolton People educated at Bolton School Derbyshire cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Staffordshire cricketers Northern Superchargers cricketers Durham cricketers