Philip Bryan Wormald (born 4 May 1963) is a former English

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er. Wormald was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in

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, Nottinghamshire. Wormald made his debut for Shropshire in the 1987

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

against the Somerset Second XI. Wormald played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1987 to 1991, which included 32 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 8 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his

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debut against Hampshire in the

1988 NatWest Trophy The 1988 NatWest Trophy was the 8th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 22 June and 3 September 1988. The tournament was won by Middlesex who defeated Worcestershire by 3 wickets in t ...

. He made 3 further List A appearances, the last of which came against

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in the

1991 NatWest Trophy The 1991 NatWest Trophy was a limited-overs English county cricket tournament, held between 26 June and 7 September 1991. The competition was won by Hampshire who beat Surrey by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's. Format The seventeen first-cl ...

. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 42 runs at an average of 14.00, with a high score of 16. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a

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of 31.40, with best figures of 2/85.

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