Jacob Larsen is a Danish cricket

Cricket

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er. Larsen is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born at Egvad

Egvad Municipality

Until January 1, 2007, Egvad was a municipality in Ringkøbing County near the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 377 km², and had a total population of 9,396 . Its last mayor was Kent Skaanning. The municipality's main town and the site of...

, Ringkøbing County.

Larsen represented Denmark Under-19

Denmark Under-19 cricket team

The Denmark Under-19 cricket team represents the country of Denmark in U-19 international cricket.Denmark played their first Under-19 fixture against the Netherlands Under-19 in Toronto in 1979. The team played 6 youth One Day International's during the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup...

's in 6 youth One Day Internationals in 1998. A decade later, Larsen made his debut for Denmark in a List A match against the Oman in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

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 in South Africa

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, which remains his only List A match to date. In his only List A match, he scored 12 runs before being dismissed by Hemal Mehta

Hemal Mehta

Hemal Jayantilal Mehta is a left-handed India-born Omani cricketer who bowls a slow left-arm orthodox. He is the of the Oman and has captained the team during the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 and the ACC Challenge Trophy 2009.-References:...

. With the ball he took a single wicket for the cost of 38 runs.

In 2011, Larsen was selected as part of Denmark's squad for the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

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 tournament in China

China

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 and Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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External links

• Jacob Larsen at ESPNcricinfo
• Jacob Larsen at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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