David Pratt is a former English cricketer

Cricketer

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 who played first-class cricket

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 between 1959 and 1962 for three different teams. He also played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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. He was a specialist bowler, whose batting was extremely poor: indeed, in his first 14 first-class innings his highest score was 3 not out

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, and he only ever reached double figures twice.

He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire in May 1959 against Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 at Chesterfield

Queen's Park, Chesterfield

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, but took no wickets.
He did not play in the first-team again until early August, when Worcestershire played Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 at Worcester

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, but he then produced what was to remain a career-best performance. After going wicketless in the first innings, second time around he took 5-54, all his victims being current or future Test cricket

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ers: Micky Stewart

Micky Stewart

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, Ken Barrington

Ken Barrington

Kenneth Frank Barrington , better known as Ken Barrington, played for the English cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, well known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog...

, Eric Bedser

Eric Bedser

Eric Arthur Bedser was a cricket player for Surrey County Cricket Club. He was the elder identical twin brother of Sir Alec , widely regarded as one of England's top bowlers of the 20th century...

, Jim Laker

Jim Laker

James "Jim" Charles Laker was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s, known for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia...

 and Alec Bedser

Alec Bedser

Sir Alec Victor Bedser, CBE was a professional English cricketer. He was the chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and the president of Surrey County Cricket Club...

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He stayed in the team throughout August, but took only eight more wickets in six games. In 1960 he played no cricket at all, but in 1961, by now in the Army

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, he turned out on three occasions for Combined Services

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 against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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 and Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

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 as well as a touring "South Africa Fezelas" side, taking six wickets in all. He returned to county cricket

County cricket

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 in 1962 with Nottinghamshire, playing seven first-class games (in which he took just four wickets) but otherwise being confined to the Second XI. Reflecting the start of his career, in his final match (against Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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) both his victims were Test players: Arthur Milton

Arthur Milton

Clement Arthur Milton was an English cricketer and footballer. He played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959. He also played domestic football for Arsenal between 1951 and 1955, and then for a brief period for Bristol City...

 and David Smith

David Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer)

David Smith was an English cricketer, who played in five Tests for England in India in 1961-1962.He was one of a trio of pace bowlers, along with Alan Brown and Butch White, who were given their opportunity on the eight Test, five month long tour of India and Pakistan...

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