Jacob Benedict Lintott (born 22 April 1993) is an English

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er. Lintott attended

Queen's College, Taunton Queen's College is a co-educational independent school located in Taunton, the county town of Somerset, England. It is a day/boarding school for children aged 0–18. The school incorporates nursery, pre-prep, Prep, and senior schools. The curre ...

, where he captained the First XI in 2010 and 2011 and set new run-scoring and wicket-taking records for the school, with 2,723 runs and 153 wickets in his career there. He made his

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cricket debut for

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in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 18 August 2017. He made his first-class debut on 11 July 2021, for Warwickshire in the

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. He was drafted by

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for the inaugural season of The Hundred. He was the highest wicket taker for Southern Brave with 11 wickets in 9 matches. In August 2021, he was signed by the

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for

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. In April 2022, he was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. He made his

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debut on 14 July 2022, for the England Lions during South Africa's tour of England. In March 2023 he joined Mohammedan Sporting Club for the 2022–23 season of the

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, taking 17 wickets in six matches, including figures of 5 for 37 against

Brothers Union Brothers Union is a football club based in Gopibag, Dhaka. The club was founded in 1949 and the regal business tycoon Kazi Ghiyasuddin Ahmed, better known as K. G. Ahmed served as the founder chairman of the club. At the beginning it was a well ...

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* 1993 births Living people English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Cricketers from Taunton People educated at Queen's College, Taunton Dorset cricketers Wiltshire cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Southern Brave cricketers Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub