Bryan Andrew Young (born 3 November 1964) is a former international

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er who played 35

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and 74

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s (ODIs) for

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between 1990 and 1999. He played internationally as a right-handed opening batsman who scored over 2,000 Test runs, including a highest score of 267

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against

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in 1997.

Early life and domestic career

Young was born at Whangarei in the

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of New Zealand in 1964.Bryan Young

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. Retrieved 2019-12-28. He began his cricket career as a

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and lower-order batsman for

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. He made his

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debut for the side in January 1984 and played for the side until the end of the 1997/98 season when he moved to

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for his final season as a professional cricketer. He played more than 150 matches for Northern Districts.Bryan Young
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-12-28. .

International cricket

Young made his international debut for New Zealand in an ODI against

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in December 1990. During the early 1990s he became a "dogged" opening batsman and played his first Test match in December 1993 during New Zealand's tour of Australia. He went on to make 35 test and 74 ODI appearances for the national side, playing his final international matches in March 1999 against

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. Young acquired a reputation as a slow scoring opening batsman and his record as an opener has been described as "traditional, old-school". Zaltzman A (2017
An eleven for fielding heaven
''The Cricket Monthly'',

, April 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-28. He scored 38 runs from 167 deliveries in his first Test innings before going on to make a half century in his second innings, making 53 from 122 balls and in December 1994 he scored the third slowest half-century in Test history, taking 333 minutes to reach 50 runs in the second Test on New Zealand's tour of South Africa.Third Test
New Zealand v Australia, ''

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'', 1995. Retrieved 2018-12-28.Second Test
South Africa v New Zealand, ''

'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-10-01. His batting could also, however, lead to New Zealand victories. He made 120 runs to anchor a difficult run chase in the fourth innings of the Christchurch Test against the touring Pakistan side in 1994, adding 154 runs with

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for the fifth wicket, and his score of 267

, the only double-century of his career, lead to an inning victory over Sri Lanka at

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in March 1997.Third Test
New Zealand v Pakistan, ''

'', 1995. Retrieved 2018-12-28. His score of 267 not out against the touring Sri Lankans in 1997 was the second highest Test match score made by a New Zealander at the time and the highest score by an opening batsman from the country.First Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka, ''

'', 1998. Retrieved 2018-12-28.Cricket: Latham rewrites history books to put NZ in charge

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, 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28.More runs than his dad scored in his entire Test career... Latham's record-breaking double hundred in numbers
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'', 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28. Young was also an effective slip fielder, on average taking almost a catch in every innings in which he fielded at Test level.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Bryan 1964 births Living people Auckland cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Test cricketers Northern Districts cricketers Cricketers from Whangārei Scarborough Festival President's XI cricketers North Island cricketers Wicket-keepers