Nicholas John Armstrong (born 12 September 1975) is a former English

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er. Armstrong was a left-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

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. Armstrong made his debut for

in the 1995

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against

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. Armstrong played

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cricket for Lincolnshire from 1995 to 2000, which included 24 Minor Counties Championship matches and 4

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matches. In 1996, he made his

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debut against

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in the

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. He played 2 further List A matches for Lincolnshire, against

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and the

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, both in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his 3 matches, he scored 27 runs and took 5 wickets at an

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of 15.00, with best figures of 2/18. Armstrong later studied at

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, where he made appearances for the university side from 1997 to 1999.

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