Nathan William Round (born 21 August 1980) is a former English

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er. Round was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The ...

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

. Round made his debut in County Cricket for

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...

in the 1999 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. From 1999 to 2001, he represented the county in 14 Championship matches, the last of which came against

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. He also represented the county in the

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, making his debut against

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. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the county in 8 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the

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. It was while playing for Herefordshire that he made his List A debut representing the Worcestershire Cricket Board against the

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in the

1999 NatWest Trophy The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999. The tournament was won by Gloucestershire who defeated Somerset by 50 runs in the fin ...

. The following year he made his Herefordshire List A debut

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against the Sussex Cricket Board. From 2000 to 2002, he represented the county in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against Suffolk in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2001. The following season he played List A cricket for the Worcestershire Cricket Board against

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in the 1st round of the

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which was played in 2002. His final match in List A cricket came for the Board against

in the 3rd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy It was during this period that he signed a professional contract with Worcestershire county cricket club for whom he represented for 4 years before moving to local rivals Warwickshire. Round also represented England U19s in 1999 and later went on to be an overseas player for Fish Hoek cricket club in Cape Town South Africa where he played for 5 seasons.List A Matches played by Nathan Round
/ref> In his combined total of 8 List A matches, he scored 218 runs at a

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of 31.14, with a single

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high score of 66. In the field he took 2 catches. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 51.00, with best figures of 2/28.

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