Christopher James Pearce (born 19 April 1984) is an English
cricket
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er. Pearce is a right-handed
batsman
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who bowls
leg break
Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called a leg spinner. Leg spinners bowl with their right-arm and a wrist spin action. The leg spinner's normal delivery is called a leg break, which spins from ...
. He was born in
Wolverhampton
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, England.
Pearce represented the
Worcestershire Cricket Board
The Worcestershire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Worcestershire.
From 1999 to 2003, the Board fielded a team in the Friends Provident Trophy, English domes ...
in a single
List A
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match against
Worcestershire
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in the
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire who beat Worcestershire by 7 wickets at Lord's.
Format
The eighteen fi ...
. In his only List A match, he scored 5 runs and took a single
catch in the field.
List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Christopher Pearce
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References
External links
at Cricinfo
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Christopher Pearce
at CricketArchive
1984 births
Living people
Cricketers from Wolverhampton
English cricketers
Worcestershire Cricket Board cricketers
Alumni of Durham University
21st-century English sportsmen
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