Lloyd Douglas Ferreira (born 6 May 1974) is a former

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er. Ferreira was a right-handed

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and a left-arm

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bowler. Ferreira made his first-class debut for Boland in the 1993–94 season against the touring

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. Ferreira would go on to represent the team 25 times in first-class matches from 1993–94 to 1996–97, where he would score 958 runs at a

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of 19.55, with 26 half centuries and a single century high score of 127. Ferreira made his

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debut for Boland against

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in the 1994–95 Benson and Hedges Series. During his time with Boland, he represented the team in 35 List-A matches from 1994–95 to 1996–97, where he scored 1,141 runs at an average of 33.55. He made 2 centuries and 7 half centuries and made a high score of 125 *. With the departure of

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, the call-up of Gary Kirsten to the South African team and the inevitable call-up of

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were in need of a new opening batsman. Ferreira was signed by the province for the 1997–98 season, where he made his first-class debut for the province against Free State. During his time with Western Province, Ferreira played 4 first-class matches for the Western Province B team. For the main team, he played 38 matches during which he scored 1,930 runs at an average of 32.16, with 5 centuries and 8 half centuries. He also made his highest first-class score for the province, 201 against North West in 2001. He played his final first-class match for the province against

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in the 2003–04 SuperSport Series. Ferreira also played List-A cricket for Western Province, making his one-day debut against

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in the 1997–98 Standard Bank League. He played 45 one-day matches for the province, scoring 999 runs at an average of 24.97, with a 6 half centuries and a single century score of 134. His final one-day match for the province came against Easterns in the 2003–04 Standard Bank Cup. In 1998 he represented

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, in the 1998 NatWest Trophy against

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. Ferreira scored 7 runs, before being dismissed by

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in what his only appearance for the English county. In 1999, he played 4 matches for

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in the Lancashire League.Lancashire League Matches played by Lloyd Ferreira
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreira, Lloyd 1974 births Living people Cricketers from Johannesburg South African cricketers Boland cricketers Western Province cricketers Dorset cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in England South African people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent White South African people