Graeme William Aldridge (born 15 November 1977) is a former New Zealand

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er who played

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for Northern Districts from 1998–99 to 2014–15. He represented

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in one-day cricket in 2011. Aldridge was born in

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and attended

Otumoetai College Otumoetai College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Tauranga, New Zealand. The school opened in February 1965 with 206 students from years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) to serve the western suburbs of Tauranga. ''Otumoetai'' is cla ...

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. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful lower-order batsman, he holds the New Zealand domestic

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wicket-taking record, with 178 from 131 matches. He also has the Northern Districts first-class record, with 355 wickets at an average of 28.31 from 119 matches. His best first-class innings figures were 6 for 41 against

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in 2011–12; his best match figures were 11 for 145 (6 for 49 and 5 for 96) against

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in 2009–10. Aldridge played two

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s and one

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match against Zimbabwe in October 2011 during New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe. He was the 50th T20I cap for New Zealand. After retiring from playing, Aldridge was the coach of Northern Districts for three years before becoming national bowling support coach in 2023.

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