Cliff Cavener (born 30 April 1967) is a former an English

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for

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. He was born in

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. Cavener, who made his Minor Counties Championship debut in 1988, made his List A debut in the NatWest Trophy of 1993, against

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. From the lower-middle order, he scored a single run, and took bowling figures of 1-56. Having played regularly in the Minor Counties Championship in 1994 and 1995, Cavener took five seasons out from the game. Cavener made his second and final List A appearance in August 2001, scoring two runs, though this was his final appearance for Hertfordshire in any form of cricket. Cavener joined

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in 2002 and as of 2008, still represents the team in the

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