David James Pipe (born 16 December 1977) is a former English

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er, who played as a

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. Pipe was born at

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and made his first-class debut for

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against

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in May

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, recording two catches and a stumping. However, the presence of

Steve Rhodes Steven John Rhodes (born 17 June 1964) is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the former coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was best known as a wicket-keeper, but was also a useful number six or seven batsman, ...

in the side meant that his first-team opportunities were limited apart from a small number of games in

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and

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when both played, Pipe appearing as a specialist batsman. He did, however, make eight dismissals in a single one-day innings against

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in 2001; this set up a county record. Pipe had a longer run in the first XI when Rhodes was injured in the latter part of the 2003 season, and against

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in early September made his first century, scoring an unbeaten 104. When Rhodes retired from playing at the end of the following season, Pipe became Worcestershire's first choice, taking 42 catches, but lost his place to

Steven Davies Steven Michael Davies (born 17 June 1986) is a retired English first-class cricketer, a left-handed batsman who last played for Somerset. He batted in the middle order in first-class cricket and opened in limited-overs. He played primarily as ...

later in the summer. He left for

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for the 2006 season, and did a good job in his first season at Derbyshire, averaging over 30 with the bat and taking 39 catches and 6 stumpings; he also scored three half-centuries, before suffering a serious injury which ended his season. He completed a degree in

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at the

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in 2008. In 2009 it was announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season to become Derbyshire's new physiotherapist.

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