William Philip Christopher Weston (born 16 June 1973 in

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), known as Phil Weston, is an English former

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a left-handed opening batsman whose brother, Robin was the youngest player for

in the club's history. His father,

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, played for

between 1956 and 1973. Weston played for

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and

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during a career which spanned 1991 - 2007. A highlight of his career was scoring a century for Gloucestershire against his former club, Worcestershire, in the 2004 final of the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He announced his retirement in February 2008.Weston announces retirement
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at Cricket Archive 1973 births Living people English cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Derbyshire cricketers People educated at Durham School {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub