Nathan William Round (born 21 August 1980) is a former English

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er. Round was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The ...

, Worcestershire. Round made his debut in

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for

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in the 1999

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against

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. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the county in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against

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. He also represented the county in the

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, making his debut against

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. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the county in 8 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the

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. It was while playing for Herefordshire that he made his

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debut representing the Worcestershire Cricket Board against the

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in the

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. The following year he made his Herefordshire List A debut

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against the

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. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against

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in the 2nd round of the

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which was played in 2001. The following season he played List A cricket for the Worcestershire Cricket Board against

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in the 1st round of the

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which was played in 2002. His final match in List A cricket came for the Board against Worcestershire in the 3rd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy It was during this period that he signed a professional contract with Worcestershire county cricket club for whom he represented for 4 years before moving to local rivals Warwickshire. Round also represented England U19s in 1999 and later went on to be an overseas player for Fish Hoek cricket club in Cape Town South Africa where he played for 5 seasons.List A Matches played by Nathan Round
/ref> In his combined total of 8 List A matches, he scored 218 runs at a

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of 31.14, with a single

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high score of 66. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a

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of 51.00, with best figures of 2/28.

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