Oskar Magnus David Kolk (born 9 January 1997) is an

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first-class

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er. Kolk was born at

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in January 1997. He was educated at

Reed's School Reed's School is an independent secondary boarding school for boys with a mixed sixth form located in Cobham, Surrey, England. There are currently around 700 day pupils (620 boys, 80 girls) with 100 full-time boarders (80 boys, 20 girls). The s ...

, before going up to

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. While studying at Cardiff, he made two appearances in

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

for

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against

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and

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in 2019. He scored 42 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 33. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Kolk also played

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for Wales Minor Counties in 2018–19. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the

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in the

2020–21 Logan Cup The 2020–21 Logan Cup was the 27th edition of the Logan Cup, a first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe, which started on 9 December 2020. After originally scheduled to start on 3 December 2020, the tournament was moved back a week to allow ...

in Zimbabwe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolk, Oskar 1997 births Living people Cricketers from Guildford People educated at Reed's School Alumni of Cardiff University English cricketers Wales National County cricketers Cardiff MCCU cricketers