Tony Frost (born 17 November 1975) is an English former professional

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er. He played as a right-handed batsman and

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. Born in

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, Frost played for

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, scoring over 4,500 runs in

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in a career which lasted from 1997 to 2009. He played through most of season 2005, after Keith Piper's ban left Warwickshire without a regular wicket-keeper. After

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joined Warwickshire in 2006 Frost played very little County Championship cricket, although he played more often in one-day competitions. Frost retired as a professional at the end of the 2006 season. Following Ambrose's call-up to play for

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, Frost re-signed for Warwickshire for the 2008 season as cover. He ended the season having scored 1003 runs in 13 Championship games,

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83.58 runs per innings and scoring a career best of 242

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. He came top of the county batting averages for the season and was awarded a Benefit Year for 2009.Frost handed Warwickshire benefit

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, 2008-10-08
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, 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2020-01-02.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frost, Tony 1975 births Living people Cricketers from Stoke-on-Trent English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Wicket-keepers