Steffan Andrew Piolet (born 8 August 1988) is an English

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er. He specialises in short format cricket and is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played over 100 matches for

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and

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s Piolet was born in Redhill and is of

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descent. He attended the University of Wales Institute Cardiff shortly before leaving to concentrate fully on his cricket career. He attended Harlands Primary School, Warden Park School and

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. Having represented Sussex, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire in Second XI cricket, Piolet made his

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debut during the 2009 season, against

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, during the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy. He scored two runs and took bowling figures of 0/28 from six overs. Piolet's first-class debut came in June 2009 against

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ground in Durham. Piolet had an excellent game with the ball, taking ten wickets: 6/17 in the first innings and 4/26 in the second.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piolet, Steffan 1988 births Living people English cricketers Sussex cricketers Warwickshire cricketers People from Redhill, Surrey English people of Norwegian descent Cricketers from Surrey