Lewis Peter Goldsworthy (born 8 January 2001) is an English

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er who plays for

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Early life

Goldsworthy attended

Millfield School Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding scho ...

from

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. Goldsworthy has played for Camborne Cricket Club in Cornwall alongside his brother Jamie Goldsworthy.

Career

Goldsworthy made his

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debut on 16 September 2020, for

in the

2020 t20 Blast The 2020 Vitality Blast was the 2020 season of the t20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league being played in England and Wales. It was the third season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (EC ...

. Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was named in England's squad for the

2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in South Africa from 17 January to 9 February 2020. It was the thirteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be ...

. He made his first-class debut on 29 April 2021, for Somerset in the

2021 County Championship The 2021 County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament, the teams were split into ...

. He made his

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debut on 25 July 2021, for Somerset in the

2021 Royal London One-Day Cup The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side, having List A cricket status, with all ...

. In July 2022, in the

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match against

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, Goldsworthy scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

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* 2001 births Living people English cricketers Cornwall cricketers Somerset cricketers Sportspeople from Camborne Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at Millfield Cricketers from Cornwall {{England-cricket-bio-2000s-stub