Jamie Oliver Grove (born 3 July 1979) is an English former first-class

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er who played for

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and

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during his career which spanned from 1998 to 2003.

Career

Early in his career, Grove appeared for the England Under-19 cricket team, playing Youth

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against South Africa and Pakistan, and participating in the 1998 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his first-class debut in 1998, appearing for

against

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. During the match he claimed three wickets, all in the first innings. He played seven more times for Essex over that season and the next, before moving to

for the 2000 season. He appeared regularly for the team throughout 2000, but only made four first-class appearances in

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, and at the end of the season, moved to

. He played just three first-class matches for Leicestershire in his two years at the club. He played a lot more regularly for Leicestershire in one-day competitions.

References

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