David Lowe (born 12 January 1979) is a former English

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er. Lowe was a right-handed

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. He was born in

Harlow Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a Planned community, new town in 1947, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire, and occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the ...

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. Lowe made his debut for

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in the 1999

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against the Surrey Cricket Board. Lowe played

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cricket for Hertfordshire from 1999 to 2001, which included 8

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matches and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 2001, he made his

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debut against the Durham Cricket Board in the

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. He played 2 further List A matches for Hertfordshire, against

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in the 2nd round of the same competition and against

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in the 1st round of the

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which was held in 2001. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 18 runs at a

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of 6.00 with a high score of 9. His brother, Stephen Lowe, also played for Hertfordshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, David 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Harlow English cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Cricketers from Essex