Gary David Freear (born 4 May 1982) is an English

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er. Freear is a right-handed batsman. He was born in

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, Norfolk. Freear made his debut for

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in the 2000

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against

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. In 2001, he made his List A cricket debut against Somerset in the

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. He played three further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the

2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy The 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 28 August 2003 and 28 August 2004. The competition was won by Gloucestershire Gladiators who beat the Worcestershire Royals by 8 wickets at Lord's. ...

. He played for Cambridgeshire until the end of the 2014 season.Gary Freear

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. Retrieved 2018-04-01. In his spare time Gary works as a carpenter for his family business. More recently he has founded GDF Bats and makes and sells cricket bats and other equipment to the buyers specifications. Gary for many years has been a groundsman at Wisbech Cricket Club, where he resided on the grounds in the ‘chod shack’. This was until he found his now wife Heidi Allen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freear, Gary 1982 births Living people Cambridgeshire cricketers Cricketers from King's Lynn English cricketers