Bailey John Wightman (born 16 June 1999) is an English-born Australian

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CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2021. . He made his first-class cricket debut for

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against

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on 12 July 2021 in the

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. Wightman made his debut as a second-day replacement for Nathan Gilchrist who had been asked to

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following a close contact testing positive for COVID-19.Club statement: COVID-19 testing update 12/07/21

, 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.County Championship: Kent's Nathan Gilchrist forced to withdraw from Sussex match
BBC Sport, 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021. Wightman was the sixth Kent debutant in the match. Five other players made their debut on the first day of the match, following another member of the county's First XI squad testing positive for COVID-19, which required the players involved in the county's previous match to all self-isolate. As a result, a number of Second XI players or "homegrown prospects" were drafted into the squad and made their senior debuts for the county.Sussex on top despite Jas Singh four-for on debut for Covid-weakened Kent

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, 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021. Wightman was born at Warwick in 1999 and moved to Australia at the age of nine where he was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide. He plays Grade cricket for

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, and in March 2020 played for the side in the National Premier T20 Championship. He was awarded a Don Stranks sports scholarship by the university in October 2020.Emery J (2020
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Adelaide University Sport, 28 October 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2021. After appearing for South Australia's under-19 side in 2017, Wightman returned to the United Kingdom during the 2018 northern summer to play for Hyde Cricket Club in Cheshire and, later in the season,

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cricket for Bradford and Bingley Cricket Club in Yorkshire.Liam Norwell: Warwickshire fast bowler to miss rest of season with hamstring injury
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'' Birmingham Mail'', 28 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.Club in winter 2019: Bradford & Bingley

. Retrieved 12 July 2021. He appeared for Cheshire County Cricket Club in the 2018

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and for Worcestershire's Second XI before playing for South Australia's emerging cricketers side during the southern summer. In 2019 he played for Bradford and Bingley and was signed to a short-term contract by Warwickshire County Cricket Club as cover for the injured

Liam Norwell Liam Connor Norwell (born 27 December 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire. A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Derbyshire in April 201 ...

. Wightman played for Warwickshire's Second XI but did not make an appearance in the first team. In 2021 he played for Derbyshire's Second XI before appearing in four matches for Kent's Second XI ahead of his first-class debut, having played club cricket for

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in the

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during the season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman, Bailey 1999 births Living people English cricketers Kent cricketers Sportspeople from Warwick Cheshire cricketers Cricketers from Warwickshire People educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide