David John Wainwright (born 21 March 1985) is an

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er, who played for

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from 2004 to 2011 and

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from 2012 to 2015. He is a left arm orthodox spin bowler, who has also played for

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and Loughborough UCCE.

Life and career

He was educated at

Hemsworth High School Outwood Academy Hemsworth, known previously as Hemsworth Arts and Community Academy and Hemsworth Arts and Community College, is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Hemsworth in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Th ...

and

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

, and is now a full-time cricketer. He started playing cricket at Castleford Cricket Club. He appeared for

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as a

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, during the second Test match against the

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, at Headingley in 2007. In July 2009, Wainwright joined then fellow Yorkshire cricketer, Matthew Hoggard, by signing up with a new sponsor, Woodworm. In February 2010, Wainwright played for England Lions versus

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. He took three wickets for 26 in the match. In September 2011,

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Yorkshire. Yorkshire are the most successful team in English cricketing hi ...

announced that Wainwright had exercised the clause in his contract where he can request to be released, if he is not playing regular first team cricket. In 2012, Wainwright moved to

and took a first-class, career-best return of 6 for 33, on his debut for them against

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. He was released from his Derbyshire contract in August 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wainwright, David 1985 births Living people English cricketers Yorkshire cricketers Cricketers from Pontefract Alumni of Loughborough University Loughborough MCCU cricketers Derbyshire cricketers British Universities cricketers Shropshire cricketers English cricketers of the 21st century Hampshire cricketers