Tobin Michael Barnaby Bailey (born 28 August 1976) is a former English

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er who played for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

between 1996 and 2004. He was a

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Cricket career

For most of his early career with Northamptonshire, Bailey was the understudy to the long-serving

David Ripley. When Ripley retired in 2001, Bailey took over for three years until

Gerard Brophy Gerard Louis Brophy (born 26 November 1975, Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa) is a first-class cricketer, latterly contracted to Yorkshire. He has also played for Ireland, Free State, Northamptonshire and Transvaal in a well travelled c ...

arrived in 2004 and took his place because of his superior

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. Bailey was released at the end of that season. During his time at Northants, he was involved in a bust-up with team-mate Russell Warren, after Warren started dating Bailey's

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. Warren was eventually forced out of the club after protests from other members of the team. Bailey captained an MCC team that toured

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in February 2009, playing six one-day matches. Bailey has an ECB level 3 coaching certificate and is the former

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of the Argentinian cricket team He now coaches Scottish club side Carlton CC. He was acting coach of the

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from September 2018 to January 2019.

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* 1976 births Living people English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers People educated at Bedford School English cricket coaches Sportspeople from Kettering Cricketers from Northamptonshire {{England-cricket-bio-1970s-stub