Carl Gazzard (born 15 April 1982) is an English former

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er who played for

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. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He made his debut for

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in 1998 and was their regular wicket-keeper in 1998 and 1999. He also made his debut for Somerset 2nd XI in 1998, his first-class debut in 2002 and his Championship debut in 2003. He became the regular wicket-keeper late in 2005 after the retirement of Robert Turner and was in the 2005

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winning side as Somerset beat

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at the Brit Oval, in the match he took two catches and a run out. In the semi-final against

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, Gazzard impressed with his excellent glovework making two key stumpings and a run out, also he hit 16 off the penultimate over therefore receiving the man of the match award. A poor start to the 2006 season in which he scored only 305 first-class runs at 15.25 in thirteen matches led to him being dropped from the Somerset first team for Sam Spurway to take his place. In September 2009 Carl Gazzard retired from professional cricket at the age of 27 to pursue a career in finance. This was mainly due to a lack of first team opportunities due to the rise to prominence of

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. His grandfather,

Gerry Gazzard Gerald Gazzard (15 March 1925 – 29 September 2006) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United and Brentford. Gazzard was born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire and having previously played as an amateur for Penzance, and made 20 ...

was a

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who played 126 games for

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from 1949–50 to 1953–54.

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