Gary Michael Gilder (born 6 July 1974) is a former

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n cricketer who played first-class and

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for

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from 1994 to 2002 and for

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in 2003.

Life and cricket career

Gary Gilder was born on 6 July 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). He made his

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debut for Natal B in January 1995 against Western Transvaal, taking five wickets in the match. The following season, he collected

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for the first time, taking five in each innings in a match against Free State B. He was selected as part of the South Africa A team to tour England in 1996, and during that tour he had his best bowling performance in first-class cricket, when he took eight wickets in one innings against

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. In the 1996–97 South African season, he made the step up to the Natal first-team, appearing in the SuperSport Series for the first time. He was a regular for Natal (KwaZulu Natal from 1998) until the 2001–02 season, when he appeared just once in the SuperSport Series. He ended his career in England, playing for

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, though his appearances for the county were limited to six matches in July and August 2003.

References

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