Quirijn Willem Marinus Gunning (born 18 March 1991) is a Dutch international

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er who made his debut for the Dutch national side in June 2013. He is a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Gunning was born in

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, and plays his club cricket for

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. He played for the Netherlands under-19s at the 2009 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, but failed to take a wicket in his four matches. Gunning's senior debut for the Netherlands came against

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in the

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, an English limited-overs competition. His first-class debut less than two weeks later, against

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in the Intercontinental Cup. After that game, Gunning did not return to the Dutch line-up until June 2015, when he appeared in another Intercontinental Cup fixture against

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.First-class matches played by Quirijn Gunning
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2016. In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands'

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(T20I) squad for the

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, but he did not play.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunning, Quirijn 1991 births Living people Dutch cricketers Sportspeople from Amsterdam 21st-century Dutch people