Devon County Cricket Club Devon County Cricket Club (Devon Cricket) is one of 20 minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Devon. The team is currently a member of the National Counties Champion ...

was formed in England on 26 November 1899, and first competed in the

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in 1901. Their first appearance in List A cricket was in 1969, and in total they have played thirty-three matches, making five Gillette Cup, nineteen NatWest Trophy and nine Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy appearances. On five occasions the county progressed to the third round of the competition: in

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, and

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. Minor counties teams were excluded from the competition from the 2006 season; Devon's last match was against Essex in the first round of the

competition. In their thirty-three List A matches, 101 players have represented Devon. Andrew Pugh has appeared the most times for the county, playing in eighteen matches, closely followed by

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, who made sixteen appearances. Robert Dawson recorded the highest score in List A cricket for Devon, scoring 139 runs against

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in 2002. Dawson, who played 64 first-class matches for Gloucestershire is Devons's leading run-scorer, having scored 492 runs in his thirteen appearances for the county. Andrew Procter's fourteen wickets for the county is the most by any player, but Robert Healey has the best bowling figures, having taken six wickets against

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in his only match in 1969. Andrew Hele, who appeared for Devon on six occasions, has claimed the most dismissals as wicket-keeper, taking eight

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and making two

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. Ten non-English players have appeared for Devon;

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and

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, Malaysia's

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, New Zealand's

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, Pakistan's Agha Zahid and Aqeel Ahmed, South Africa's JP Duminy and

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and Wales' Kevin Barrett and Steve Tomlinson. The players in this list have all played at least one List A match. Devon cricketers who have not represented the county in List A cricket are not included in the list. Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order. Players in bold have played first-class cricket.

Key

List of players

List A captains

Notes

References

{{Devon CCC Devon County Cricket Club * Devon

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