Duncan Phillip Bradshaw (born 19 February 1986) is an English

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er. Bradshaw is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was born in the

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an capital of

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into a

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family of British descent and educated at Hilton College in

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, before moving with his family to England.

Biography

While studying for his degree at Oxford Brookes University Business School, Bradshaw made his debut in

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for

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against

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in 2006. He played for Oxford UCCE in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Following the teams renaming to

Oxford MCCU Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, had held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). Followi ...

, he continued to play for team in 2009 and 2010, making a total of twelve first-class appearances. In his twelve first-class appearances, he scored 529 runs at an

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of 37.78, with a high score of 127

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. This score, which was his only first-class

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, came against

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in 2008. In addition to his lone century, he also made two half centuries. In the 2008 season, he was part of the first internship programme run by the MCC, which placed promising university players with first-class counties, with Bradshaw undertaking his internship with

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, though was unable to force his way into the Essex first XI. In that same season he played a single

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match for the

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against Bangladesh A at The Racecourse, Durham. He scored 12 runs in the Marylebone Cricket Club's innings, before being dismissed by

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. Bangladesh A won the match by 80 runs. He has also played Second XI cricket for a number of first-class counties besides Essex, though has been unable to secure a contract with any.

References

External links

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at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradshaw, Duncan 1986 births Living people Cricketers from Harare Zimbabwean people of British descent Zimbabwean emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa) Alumni of Oxford Brookes University English cricketers Oxford MCCU cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers