Nigel John Bartle Illingworth (born 23 November 1960) is a former English

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

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, Derbyshire. Illingworth made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 1981. He made fourteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his fifteen first-class matches, he scored a total of 207 runs at an

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of 13.80, with a high score of 49. With the ball, he took 16 wickets at a

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of 43.37, with best figures of 5/89, which came against

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in 1982. His

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debut for the county came against

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in the

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. He made twenty further List A appearances, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his twenty-one List A appearances, Illingworth took 23 wickets at an average of 34.65, with best figures of 4/15. He left Nottinghamshire at the end of the 1983 season. He later joined

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, making his debut for the county in the 1987

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against

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. He played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1987 to 1993, making fifteen Minor Counties Championship and eleven MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.

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