Edward James Byrom (born 17 June 1997) is a Zimbabwean

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er. Byrom qualifies to play for the Zimbabwe cricket team, as his place of birth, and for the Ireland cricket team, due to holding an Irish passport.

Career

Byrom made his first-class debut for Somerset in the

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on 26 June 2017. He scored his maiden first-class half-century in the final match of the season against Middlesex to help Somerset to victory and Division One survival. In October 2017, he signed for the Zimbabwean domestic team the

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, allowing him to play in the

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. In his first match for the Rising Stars, he made 152 in the second innings against

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in Harare, his maiden first-class century. He made his Twenty20 debut on 2 August 2019, for Somerset in the

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, hitting 54 runs from 19 balls. Byrom scored a century in the final of the

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. He made his

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debut on 25 July 2021, for Somerset in the

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. On 3 September 2021, Byrom joined

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on loan for the remainder of the 2021 season ahead of signing a two-year deal with the Welsh county.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Byrom, Edward 1997 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Cricketers from Harare Zimbabwean people of Irish descent Irish cricketers People educated at King's College, Taunton Somerset cricketers Rising Stars cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Mid West Rhinos cricketers