Luke Alexander Webb (born 31 December 1995) is an English first-class

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er. Webb was born at

Stoke Mandeville Stoke Mandeville is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located three miles (4.9 km) from Aylesbury and 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from the market town of Wendover. Although a separate civil p ...

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

in December 1995, and educated at Gillingham School. He made his debut in

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for Dorset, when he played against Shropshire in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

. He later studied at

Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic (United Kingdom), Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and High ...

, where he made his debut in first-class cricket in April 2015 for

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against Worcestershire; he played a further first-class match later that month against Middlesex. Webb didn't feature for Oxford MCCU in first-class cricket in 2016 or 2017, but did feature in 2018, playing in one match against Kent at Canterbury. Across his three first-class appearances, he scored a total of 68 runs, with a high score of 32. He has featured in all three formats of minor counties cricket for Dorset.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Luke 1995 births Living people People from Aylesbury Vale People educated at Gillingham Grammar School, Dorset Alumni of Oxford Brookes University English cricketers Dorset cricketers Oxford MCCU cricketers Cricketers from Buckinghamshire