David James Roberts (born 29 December 1976) is a Cornish

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er. Roberts is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was born at

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, Cornwall. Roberts made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 1996. His

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debut came in the same season against

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. From 1996 to 1999, he represented the county in 17 first-class matches, the last of which came against

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. In his 17 first-class matches, he scored 751 runs at a

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of 25.89, with 2 half centuries and a single century high score of 117. In the field he took 8 catches. In 2001, he made his debut in

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for the

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against the

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in the

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. His second and final List A match for the Board came against Northamptonshire in the same competition. In 2002, Roberts joined

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, making made his Minor Counties Championship against

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. During the 2002, he represented the county in 5 Championship matches, the last of which came against Suffolk, and 4

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matches. He also represented Bedfordshire in 2 List A matches against Hertfordshire and the

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in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the

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which were played in 2002. The following season he joined

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, where he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against

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. From 2003 to present, he represented the county in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches. Roberts has also represented Cornwall in the

. His debut in that competition for the county came against Bedfordshire in 2004. From 2004 to present, he has represented the county in 13 Trophy matches. He has also played a single List A match for Cornwall against the Netherlands in the 1st round of the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2003.List A Matches played by David Roberts
/ref> In his 5 total List A matches, he scored 97 runs at a

of 24.25, with a high score 40. His cousin,

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, has played first-class cricket for Surrey and a combined

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side, as well as List A cricket for Bedfordshire and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, David 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Truro English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Northamptonshire Cricket Board cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers Cornwall cricketers NBC Denis Compton Award recipients