Ross Alexander McLean (born 16 March 1981) is an English

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er. McLean is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. He was born at Northampton,

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, and was educated at Duston Upper School before later attending the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

Career

McLean made his debut for the

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(NCB) against the

Essex Cricket Board The Essex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Essex. From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.MCCA Knockout Trophy The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the ...

. He made three further appearances in that competition in 2000, as well as making his List A debut for the NCB against

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in the

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at the

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. In a match which Northumberland won by 6 wickets, McLean ended the NCB's innings of 173/8

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on 10. Bowling ten overs in Northumberland's innings, McLean took the wicket of

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to finish with figures of 1/21. Two years later he made a fifth and final MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance for the NCB against

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, as well as making a second and final List A appearance in the

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against the

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at the County Ground. In a match which the Yorkshire Cricket Board won by 57 runs, McLean bowled five wicketless overs which conceded 32 runs, while he ended the NCB's innings of 176 all out not out on 2. While attending the University of Leeds, McLean played for Leeds/Bradford UCCE before it gained first-class status.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Ross 1981 births Living people Cricketers from Northampton Alumni of the University of Leeds English cricketers Northamptonshire Cricket Board cricketers