Keith Sheridan (born 26 March 1971 in

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) is a Scottish

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. He has the distinction of being one of the youngest ever players for the

Scottish cricket team The Scotland national cricket team represents the country of Scotland. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh, and also some other venues. Scotland became Associate Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1994

. He has played 82 times for Scotland, including four first-class and nine

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matches. He was not selected for the Scotland squad at the

1999 Cricket World Cup The 1999 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup '99) was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by England, with Scotland, Ireland, Wales ...

, but did play for them in the cricket tournament at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

. His best bowling performance is 5 for 48 which he achieved in 1992 in

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. Though he is an opening batsman for his club side, he has a low batting average for the national side and is generally asked to bat as a tailender. Sheridan appeared in the

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between 1997 and 2001. As of 2016, he was working as a

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