Connor Cecil Williams (born 7 August 1973 in

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) is an Indian

first class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er, who played for

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. He is a left-handed opening batsman.

Career

A left-handed opening batsman, Williams came to the selectors attention after the 2001 Irani Trophy where he scored 143 in the first innings and 83 in the second. He was rewarded with a place in the

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squad for the 2001 tour of South Africa. Williams played in the test match at

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, but the match was made unofficial due to Indian protests over the suspension of

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* 1973 births Living people Indian cricketers Baroda cricketers West Zone cricketers Cricketers from Vadodara Anglo-Indian people {{India-cricket-bio-1970s-stub