Ross Alexander McLean (born 16 March 1981) is an English

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er. McLean is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was born at

Northampton Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. The town is sit ...

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, and was educated at Duston Upper School before later attending the

University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...

Career

McLean made his debut for the

Northamptonshire Cricket Board The Northamptonshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East ...

(NCB) against the

Essex Cricket Board The Essex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Essex. From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the Friends Provident Trophy, English domestic one-day tourname ...

in the 1999

MCCA Knockout Trophy The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the ...

. He made three further appearances in that competition in 2000, as well as making his

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debut for the NCB against

Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...

in the

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at the

County Ground, Northampton The County Ground is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, England. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, and was used by Northampton Town F.C. from 1897 to 1994. Cricket Northamptonshire played ...

. In a match which Northumberland won by 6 wickets, McLean ended the NCB's innings of 173/8

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on 10. Bowling ten overs in Northumberland's innings, McLean took the wicket of Wayne Falla to finish with figures of 1/21. Two years later he made a fifth and final MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the NCB against

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, as well as making a second and final List A appearance in the

Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. Lan ...

against the

Yorkshire Cricket Board The Yorkshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Yorkshire. From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List A status. See al ...

at the County Ground. In a match which the Yorkshire Cricket Board won by 57 runs, McLean bowled five wicketless overs which conceded 32 runs, while he ended the NCB's innings of 176 all out not out on 2. While attending the University of Leeds, McLean played for Leeds/Bradford UCCE before it gained first-class status.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Ross 1981 births Living people Cricketers from Northampton Alumni of the University of Leeds English cricketers Northamptonshire Cricket Board cricketers