Robert Cunliffe (born 8 November 1973) is an English

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er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. During his nine years in first-class cricket he played for

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and

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. Cunliffe played in six Youth Test matches for

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in the calendar year of 1993. Thanks to two not out innings and a high score of 98, he finished with a Youth Test average of 58. A generally consistent mid-order batsman, he made his first cricketing appearances in the Minor Counties Championship for

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in 1991, and moved to Gloucestershire in the same year. With the promise of First Division cricket, he decided to make the move to Leicestershire in 2002, before retiring from first-class cricket a year later.

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