Simon James King is an English cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who plays for Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

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Born in Warlingham

Warlingham

Warlingham is a large village on the south-eastern boundary of London, England, just across the border in Tandridge district, east Surrey. Neighbouring villages include Sanderstead, Hamsey Green, Whyteleafe, Farleigh, Fickleshole, Tatsfield and Woldingham...

, King is predominantly a right arm off break

Off break

Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

 bowler

Bowling (cricket)

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 who bats right-handed. He made his debut for Surrey's second XI in 2005, taking 17 wicket

Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...

s in his first season, and took a further 30 the following year. May 2006 saw King invited to a trial for the England under-19 side, but he did not make an official appearance for the side.

King made his first-team debuts in Twenty20

Twenty20

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 and first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 in 2009, appearing in matches against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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, Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 and Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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. His first wicket was that of Middlesex's David Nash

David Nash

David Charles Nash is a retired English cricketer.-Career:Nash played 257 matches for Middlesex in both first class and List A cricket as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman....

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His younger brother, Daryl, also made appearances for Surrey's second XI in 2009.