Abidine Sakande (born 22 September 1994) is an English
cricket
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er who played for
Sussex County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm
medium
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bowler who also bats right-handed.
Sakande was born in
Chester to a father who had immigrated from
Burkina Faso
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[English bowler Sakande hoping for a profitable summer in New Zealand]
/ref> He was educated at Ardingly College and St John's College, Oxford. Sakande made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club
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in the University Match
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in 2014. He spent the 2016–17 off-season playing club cricket in New Zealand.[
Sakande declined Sussex's offer of a contract extension in 2019, and left the club at the end of the season.
He now plays for Leicestershire.]
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1994 births
Living people
People educated at Ardingly College
Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
English cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Sussex cricketers
English people of Burkinabé descent
Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
Cricketers from Chester
Oxfordshire cricketers
Oxford MCCU cricketers
Leicestershire cricketers
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