Kevin David Masters (born 19 May 1961) is an English former professional

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er. Masters was born at

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and played for

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between 1983 and 1984.Kevin Masters

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. Retrieved 2018-12-18. Masters made his

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debut for Kent against

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in 1983. He played four first-class matches for Kent, the last of which came against

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, and one limited overs match against

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in 1984.Kevin Masters
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-18. After a gap of 11 years Masters made his

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debut for

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against

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. He later represented the

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in List A cricket. He has played club cricket for Upchurch Cricket Club in the

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and runs a building and construction company, KD Masters.Polishing Their CVs - David Masters
''Boundaries'', issue 13, p.20.

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, 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-18.

Family

Masters' son,

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, played over 200 first-class cricket matches for Kent,

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and

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

. Another son,

Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

played briefly for Leicestershire between 2009 and 2010.

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