Graeme Welch (born 21 March 1972) is a former English

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player and coach born in

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. He played for two county teams,

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and

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. Graeme Welch was appointed captain of Derbyshire for the 2006 season following the departure of Luke Sutton to

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. In his Derbyshire career he has taken 50 wickets each season except one where he was injured for most of it, therefore it shows why he has taken 685 wickets at all top cricket levels and has also shown promise with the bat, scoring 7089 runs at all professional levels. When he played for Warwickshire he was part of the famous team including

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and

Dermot Reeve Dermot Alexander Reeve OBE (born 2 April 1963) is an English former cricketer, best known as an unorthodox all-rounder and captain and, most recently, coach of the New Zealand side, Central Districts. He was a part of the English squad which fin ...

. He left Warwickshire at the end of the 2000 season, and joined Derbyshire for the 2001 campaign. Following six years of service for Derbyshire, Welsh was awarded a benefit year in 2007. However, in June 2007, he was forced to retire from the game due to injury. Welch joined

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as their bowling coach for 2008. He left Essex in 2010, to take up the same position at Warwickshire under

Ashley Giles Ashley Fraser Giles (born 19 March 1973) is a former English first-class cricketer, who played 54 Test matches and 62 One Day Internationals for England before being forced to retire due to a recurring hip injury. Giles played the entirety of ...

. He rejoined Derbyshire as elite performance director in January 2014, and resigned from the role in June 2016. From there, he spent a short spell as assistant coach at

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

, before retaking his former position at Warwickshire in 2018, shortly after the return of Giles as Sport Director.

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