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29:Personal information
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609:Johannesburg
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556:Test cricket
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126:South Africa
107:Stephen Cook
79:Right-handed
61:Johannesburg
54:31 July 1953
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1696:1953 births
1129:Trescothick
1113:Trescothick
1041:Trescothick
714:20 November
584:Ignored by
568:West Indies
281:Runs scored
239:Competition
1690:Categories
1591:Ecclestone
1583:Ecclestone
1304:Silverwood
1089:Ramprakash
733:Jimmy Cook
653:22 January
619:References
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50:1953-07-31
23:Jimmy Cook
1559:Shrubsole
1312:Hollioake
1161:Rushworth
735: at
680:BBC Books
601:Hampshire
575:Transvaal
560:Kapil Dev
523:and four
517:cricketer
467:stumpings
334:Top score
216:1989–1991
210:Transvaal
181:Sri Lanka
155:Sri Lanka
150:Last Test
103:Relations
89:off break
1623:Beaumont
1567:Beaumont
1320:Flintoff
1272:Lathwell
1256:Atherton
1217:Bairstow
1081:Flintoff
1073:Flintoff
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674:(2009).
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465:Catches/
317:100s/50s
220:Somerset
176:Last ODI
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1464:Duckett
1336:Hoggard
1296:Symonds
1288:Crawley
1169:Duckett
1137:Compton
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921:Radford
881:Jackman
857:Procter
817:Roberts
797:Procter
566:of the
537:Proteas
533:Gauteng
375:Wickets
264:Matches
98:Batsman
84:Bowling
76:Batting
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293:10,639
290:21,143
1607:Jones
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1512:Brook
1504:Brook
1424:Hales
1328:Sales
1225:Brook
1185:Denly
1177:Patel
1065:Ahmed
1017:James
977:Walsh
961:Gooch
929:Walsh
873:Lever
865:Lever
841:Abbas
833:Stead
809:Gibbs
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312:41.39
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303:17.83
196:Years
170:India
144:India
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1662:Kemp
1480:Pope
1448:Lees
1432:Root
1416:Lyth
1384:Cook
1376:Cook
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1344:Peng
1280:Loye
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1025:Loye
1001:Cork
993:Lara
953:Cook
945:Hick
801:Bond
716:2018
684:ISBN
655:2016
515:and
480:89/–
457:2/25
407:4.00
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95:Role
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