Gavin James Byram (born 15 February 1974) is a former English

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er. Byram was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in

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, Shropshire and educated at

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.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Byram made his debut for Shropshire in the 1992

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against Herefordshire. Byram played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1992 to 2002, which included 50 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 26 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his

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debut against

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in the

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. He made 7 further List A appearances, the last of which came against

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in the 2nd round of the

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, which was played in 2001. In his 8 List A matches, he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 56. This score came against Devon in the

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. With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a

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of 25.40, with best figures of 3/33. Below List A, he also played for Worcestershire's Second XI team and at club level for Wellington in Shropshire. His brother,

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, also played Minor counties and List A cricket for Shropshire.

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