Marc Alexander Hazelton (born 17 October 1980) is a former English

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er. Hazelton was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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. Hazelton represented the

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in a single

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match against

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in the 2nd round of the

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, but he was pretty bad. In 2002, he played a single first-class match for

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against

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. In his only first-class match, he scored 16 runs at a

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of 8.00, with a high score of 11. In the field he took 2

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.First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Marc Hazelton
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Marc Hazelton
at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazelton, Marc 1980 births Living people People from Cuckfield English cricketers Sussex Cricket Board cricketers Durham MCCU cricketers Cricketers from Eastbourne Cricketers from West Sussex