Nicholas James Selman (born 18 October 1995) is an Australian-English

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er. Born in

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, he earned youth representative honours for

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at both cricket and

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before choosing to make cricket his primary sport. In an attempt to start his professional career, he moved to England for the 2014 cricket season and played club cricket for Tunbridge Wells CC. Meanwhile, he was spotted by

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and made four second eleven appearances for them in the second half of the season. He made five further appearances for the Kent 2nds in the first half of 2015, before a pair of trial matches for the

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and

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2nd teams. Having made half-centuries in each innings of his trial game with Glamorgan, he made a permanent move to the Welsh county in November 2015 and made his first-class debut in a

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match at home to

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on 8 May 2016. Selman holds dual passport.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Selman, Nicholas 1995 births Living people Australian cricketers English cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Cricketers from Brisbane Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom 21st-century Australian sportsmen