Nathan Douglas Morland (born 20 December 1976) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played 34 first-class and 38

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matches, mainly for

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, between the 1996–97 and 2003–04 seasons.Nathan Morland

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. Retrieved 18 May 2016. Morland was born at Dunedin in 1976 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 95. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played age-group cricket for Otago from the 1994–95 season and was part of the New Zealand Cricket Academy developmental squad, going on to play for the national under-19 team, touring both Australia and England with the side.Nathan Morland
CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Morland made his senior representative debut for Otago in December 1996, playing in a List A match against Auckland at

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, before making his first-class debut later in the same season. In total he played 33 first-class and 33 List A matches for Otago, with his other top-level matches coming for the New Zealand Academy side and for the Southern Conference. Primarily an off break bowler, he took 50 first-class and 31 List A wickets. He scored a single half-century, making 56 runs against Wellington in a December 2003 Plunket Shield match.McConnell L (2003
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, 28 December 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2023. This was his last season as a contracted player with Otago. He went on to play Hawke Cup cricket for Southland and to work as a teacher.

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