Wayne Falla (born 18 December 1970) is a former English

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er. Falla was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland. Falla made his debut for Northumberland in the 1990 MCCA Knockout Trophy against

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. Falla played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1990 to 2000, which included 31

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matches and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his

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debut against Yorkshire in the

1992 NatWest Trophy The 1992 NatWest Trophy was the 12th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1992. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lei ...

. He made 4 further List A matches for the county, the last coming against

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in the

2000 NatWest Trophy The 2000 NatWest Trophy was the 20th and last NatWest Trophy before being renamed as the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the 2001 season. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 2 May and 26 August 200 ...

. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 184 runs at a batting average of 36.80. He made two half centuries, with a high score of 80 against Ireland in the

1999 NatWest Trophy The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999. The tournament was won by Gloucestershire who defeated Somerset by 50 runs in the fin ...

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