David Barrington Pennett (born 26 October 1969) is a former English

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er. Pennett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Leeds, Yorkshire.

Nottinghamshire

Having played Second XI cricket for his native Yorkshire, Pennett was signed by Nottinghamshire for the

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. It was in this season that he made his first-class debut against Cambridge University and his

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debut against Northamptonshire in the

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. In first-class cricket, Pennett appeared 31 time for Nottinghamshire between 1992 and 1996. In these 31 matches, he took 60 wickets at an average of 44.95, with best figures of 5/36. These figures were his only first-class

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and came against Durham in 1993. A tailend batsman, Pennett scored 196 runs at a batting average of 9.80. His only innings of note, a score of 50, came against Durham in 1995. In List A cricket, Pennett made 42 appearances over the same period. He took a total of 44 wickets at an average of 34.18, with best figures of 3/27. With the bat, he scored just 25 runs at an average of 8.33, with a high score of 12 not out.

Minor counties career

With his opportunities at Nottinghamshire becoming limited, he joined Minor county

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for the 1997 season. He made his

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against Bedfordshire and from 1997 to 2002, he made 38 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, as well as sixteen MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He played his first List A match for the county in the

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against Northamptonshire. He made ten further List A appearances for Cumberland, the last of which came against Devon in the 2nd round of the

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, which to avoid fixture congestion was held in 2002. He took 19 wickets in his eleven List A appearances for Cumberland, which came at an average of 20.89 and with best figures of 4/20. With the bat, he scored 86 runs at an average of 14.33, with a high score of 51 not out. This score was his only half century in that format and came against

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. While playing for Cumberland, he also made five List A appearances for a Minor Counties team in the 1998 Benson and Hedges Cup, taking 5 wickets and scoring 73 runs. He left Cumberland at the end of the 2002 season, joining

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for the

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, Pennett made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Dorset. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 2003 to 2005, making sixteen Minor Counties Championship and two MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made two List A appearances for Cheshire against Bedfordshire and Hampshire, both in the

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. He retired from

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at the end of the 2005 season.

References

External links

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David Pennett
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