Guy Croxford (born 2 June 1981) is a Zimbabwean former

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He played thirteen first-class matches between 2000 and 2003.

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Croxford belongs to a cricketing family. His father was an opening bowler and his elder brother was a wicket-keeper batsman before a car accident ended his cricket career. Croxford's initial cricket exposure came from his father's coaching, and he later learned his skills at

Lilfordia School Lilfordia School (or Lilfordia) is an independent, preparatory, boarding school for boys and girls in Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. Lilfordia was established in 1909 by Agnes and Atherton Lilford. The school is notable for the producing talented c ...

and

Falcon College , denomination = Interdenominational , established = , headmaster = D. van Wyk , grades_label = Forms , grades = 1—6 , gender = Co-educational , lower_age = 12 , upper_age = 18 , pupils = 384 (2016) , campus_type = Rural , houses = ...

, scoring several centuries. While he used to bowl, he decided to focus more on batting, labelling himself as a part-time bowler. Croxford was a consistent national age-group team member during his school years. His notable performances include scoring 168 runs against Border during the Under-14 tour to Potchefstroom and a century against Holland at the Under-15 World Cup in England. His highest score in any class of cricket was 168. After school, he worked for his mother's flower export business during a gap year. He joined the

CFX Academy The CFX Academy cricket team was a first-class cricket team representing the Zimbabwe's cricket academy in the country's domestic cricket competitions. They competed in the Logan Cup from 1999 until 2002. The club played their home matches at the ...

in 2001 after a last-minute vacancy.

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* 1981 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers CFX Academy cricketers Manicaland cricketers Cricketers from Harare Alumni of Falcon College {{Zimbabwe-cricket-bio-stub

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