Mark Daniel Bott (born 13 May 1986) is an English first-class

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er. He was born in

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Playing career

His batting style is right-hand bat. Among other teams, he has played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Main FC: 2006–09);

Bedfordshire County Cricket Club Bedfordshire County Cricket Club is one of 20 Minor County clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Bedfordshire. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championshi ...

(Minor Counties Championship: 2009);

Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Cambridgeshire including the Isle of Ely. The original Cambridgeshire clu ...

(Minor Counties Trophy: 2007); and Bedfordshire (Minor Counties Trophy: 2009). In 2008, Bott was named along with Jason Molins and Darren Gerard to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games (), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Poli ...

. He won a silver medal with Great Britain at the

2017 Maccabiah Games The 2017 Maccabiah Games (), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games (), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world ...

."Maccabiah cricket silver a 'tremendous achievement,'"
''The Jewish Chronicle''.

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* 1986 births Living people Jewish cricketers English cricketers Maccabiah Games competitors for Great Britain Maccabiah Games medalists in cricket Bedfordshire cricketers Cambridgeshire cricketers Jewish English sportspeople Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Great Britain Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Canada Cambridge MCCU cricketers Cricketers from Nottingham 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1980s-stub

Playing career

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