Jason Richard Weaver (born 11 August 1968) is a former English

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er. Weaver was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a

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. He was born in Wellington, Shropshire and educated at Burton Borough School in Newport, Shropshire.

Playing career

Weaver made his debut for

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in the 1989

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against

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. Weaver played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1989 to 1991, making 11 Minor Counties Championship appearances and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match. He made two

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appearances for Shropshire, making his debut against

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in the

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before playing in the

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against

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. During that period he played at club level for Newport Cricket Club.

Coaching career

Weaver took a development role in

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's Cricket Academy, acting as High Performance Manager for ten years.Second XI coach and high performance director appointed
Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2017-01-25. Following the departure of Simon Willis to become the high performance manager of Sri Lankan cricket in May 2016,

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, 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Weaver worked with

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in an interim role to manage the academy during the summer of 2016. He was appointed to the role of high performance manager in January 2017, continuing to work alongside Patel. He left the club at the end of the 2019 season after working in the coaching setup at Kent for 13 years.Jason Weaver to leave Kent

, 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-01-07. Weaver is now head coach of the England Deaf Cricket Team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weaver, Jason 1968 births Living people People from Wellington, Shropshire English cricketers Shropshire cricketers Wicket-keepers Cricketers from Shropshire