Stuart Gordon Whittingham (born 10 February 1994) is a Scottish former

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er who played for

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as well as representing his country in

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s. Whittingham has also represented Loughborough MCC University,

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and the Scotland Under-19 cricket team. Primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he also

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right handed. However, in September 2020, Whittingham was forced to retire from cricket due to a back injury.

Education

Whittingham was educated at Christ's Hospital School, a boarding

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near the

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, followed by

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Career

Whittingham's first recorded match is for the Sussex U-13 team in June 2007. Other Sussex cricket teams he has also represented are Sussex U-15s and U-17s, the Sussex Academy, and the Sussex Second XI; Whittingham has also played non first class matches for Roffey Cricket Club and Loughborough MCC University Whittingham made two appearances for Scotland U-19s in 2013/14, in warmup matches for the

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, and was named in the squad for the tournament. Whittingham made his first-class cricket debut for Loughborough MCC University against

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in April 2015. His bowling figures were 1/77 and 0/32. Whittingham was awarded a junior professional contract for

for the 2016 English cricket season. He made his first appearance for Sussex in a

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match against

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, taking figures of 2/38. He dismissed Hamish Rutherford and Neil Broom, and also hit Billy Godleman on the helmet. He made his One Day International debut for Scotland against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 6 October 2017. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Scotland against

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on 16 June 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whittingham, Stuart 1994 births Living people Alumni of Loughborough University Scottish cricketers People educated at Christ's Hospital Cricketers from Derby Sussex cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Scotland One Day International cricketers Scotland Twenty20 International cricketers