Keith Rupert Pont (born 16 January 1953) is a former first-class

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who played for

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from 1970 to 1986. He was born at

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in London. A 6-foot 2 inch

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, he scored 6558 runs in 198 first-class games, with a best of 125* against

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among his 7 centuries, and took 96 wickets with a best of 5 for 17. He scored another 2894 runs and claimed 146 wickets in 249 one-day games. His brother, Ian Pont, also played for the county. He went on to become director of development at the

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until 2005, and has since worked in sports goods marketing.

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