Julian Allen Hykes (born 6 October 1982) is a former South African
field hockey
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player. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, he competed for the
national team
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in the
men's tournament. After the
2018 World Cup
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he retired from the national team. He was also a
cricket
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er, playing in two
List A
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matches for
Border
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in 2009.
See also
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List of Border representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Border cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.
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References
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1982 births
Living people
South African male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for South Africa
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
Place of birth missing (living people)
South African cricketers
Border cricketers
21st-century South African people
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