Graham David Lloyd (born 1 July 1969) is a former English

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er who played for

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(1988–2002) and in six

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s for

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between 1996 and 1998. His final

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appearance was for

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in 2003 against

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, a match in which he scored 123 runs. Lloyd played club cricket for

Accrington Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, east of Preston, north of Manchester and is situated on the culverted River Hyndburn. Commonly abbreviated by locals to ...

Cricket Club, the town in which he was born. He is the son of former England coach and batsman David Lloyd, under whom he made all of his appearances for England. When Lloyd Senior came out of retirement at the age of 61 to play again for Accrington in 2008 he batted alongside son Graham with father and son making 15 and 78 respectively in a loss against

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Cricket Club. Lloyd is now an

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on the first-class umpires list of the

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Personal life

Lloyd married Sharon Miller in 1998. They had 2 sons Joseph and Joshua. Sharon Lloyd died after a five-year battle with a brain tumour in 2011.

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* 1969 births England One Day International cricketers English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Living people Sportspeople from Accrington Cumberland cricketers English cricket umpires {{England-cricket-bio-1960s-stub