Nicholas Mark Davies (born 30 April 1975) is a former English

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er. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at

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, Worcestershire. Davies made his debut for Herefordshire in the 1994

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against

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. From 1994 to 2005, he represented the county in 21 Championship matches, the last of which came against Shropshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Wales Minor Counties in 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he represented the county in 5 Trophy matches, the last of which came against the Worcestershire Cricket Board. He also represented Herefordshire in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the

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. From 2001 to 2004, he represented the county in 8 List A matches, the last of which came against Worcestershire in the

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. In his 8 matches, he scored 77 runs at a batting average of 15.40, with a high score of 39 *. In the field he took a single

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. With the ball he took 8 wickets at a

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of 31.12, with best figures of 4/72.List A Bowling For Each Team by Nicholas Davies
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