Glen George Read was born on 4 September 1981 in

Cuckfield Cuckfield ( ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northeas ...

, West Sussex and played

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in his formative years for Sussex 2nd XI before going to

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and making his first-class debut for the University side. Read also represented the British Universities. Read is a tall left arm medium-fast swing bowler. He has had strong performances against the counties and Bangladesh, with the prize scalp of Mohammad Ashraful. Read also played against the Sri Lankan A touring side in 2004 picking up three wickets. Read also played in the North East Premier League for Philadelphia and Chester-le-Street Cricket Clubs, and in the Middlesex League for Southgate CC. He now works for the MCC.

External links

Cricinfo player page for Glen Read

Read vs Bangladesh
English cricketers Sportspeople from Cuckfield Living people Durham MCCU cricketers Hampshire Cricket Board cricketers Sussex Cricket Board cricketers British Universities cricketers Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham {{England-cricket-bio-1980s-stub