David Graeme Court (born 1 November 1980) is an English

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er. Court is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

, Devon. 2001 saw him make his debut for Devon in a

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match against Bedfordshire in the 2nd round of the

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which was played in 2001. Court made his

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debut for Devon in 2002 against Shropshire. Between 2002 and 2009, he represented the county in 37 Championship matches, the last of which came against

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. In the same season that he made his debut for Devon, he also made his debut in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, which came against Cornwall. From 2002 to 2009, he represented the county in 22 Trophy matches, the last of which came against

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. After his List A debut in 2001, Court represented Devon in 6 further matches in that format between 2002 and 2005, the last of which came against Essex in the 1st round of the

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. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 104 runs at a batting average of 20.80, with a high score of 47. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a

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of 28.66, with best figures of 2/23. Court has played Second XI cricket for the Somerset Second XI between 1998 and 1999.Teams Matthew Hunt played for
/ref> He is currently the analyst for Surrey County Cricket Club 1st XI

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