Toivo Vaikvee (born 7 June 1947 in

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

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) is a former New Zealand

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er who played for

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in the Plunket Shield and Shell Trophy during the 1970s. After attending

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, where he captained the First XI, he worked in the insurance business. A leg-spinner, his best performance in

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was for Wellington against Northern Districts in 1973–74, when he took 4 for 41 and 3 for 99 in a 98-run victory. He played Hawke Cup cricket for Manawatu in the 1960s.

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