Gareth Rohan Breese (born 9 January 1976) is a

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. Born in

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, he attended Wolmer's Boys School in Kingston. Breese played as a right arm offspinner.

Career

He played one

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in 2002, as a

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against

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. Breese scored five runs in two innings, and took two wickets, but conceded 135 runs in 31 overs. Breese featured for over 100 first class games for

and

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. He played for Durham from

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until

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,Alan Gardner
"Stokes nerve guides Durham to title"
ESPNcricinfo, 20 September 2014. qualifying as a non-overseas player due to owning a British passport. With 31 wickets, he was the third highest wicket-taker for Durham in 2005, as the team was promoted from Division Two in the County Championship. As a batsman he hit several half-centuries, at number seven and eight in the batting order, which helped Durham to several victories, such as an unbeaten 79 at

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as Durham chased 243 to win after Breese had come in at 98 for 4. With Durham Breese went on to win the

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by a margin of 125 runs over

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in the final at

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. He also scored the winning runs for Durham in the

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final against

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in what was his final appearance with the club.Ged Scott
"One-Day Cup final: Durham beat Warwickshire at Lord's"
BBC Sport, 20 September 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breese, Gareth 1976 births Living people Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Durham cricketers Jamaican cricketers Northumberland cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Jamaica cricketers Jamaican people of British descent Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica

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