William David Bragg (born 24 October 1986) is a former Welsh cricketer. Born in Newport, he first came to prominence scoring an unbeaten 115 in Glamorgan's pre season tour of South Africa in 2007. He is a top order

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for

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often batting at number 3, although

Mark Cosgrove Mark James Cosgrove (born 14 June 1984) is an Australian-English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. He represented Australia in three One Day Internationals in 2006. Career Cosgrove made his state debut ...

dislodged him from this spot for a little time. Despite his 45 first class matches, he has only managed two centuries against

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in 2011 and 2015. He is also a

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. He was educated at

Rougemont School Rougemont School (Welsh: ''Ysgol Rougemont'') is an independent co-educational day school located in the manor house Llantarnam Hall in south Wales. The school offers education for three to eighteen year-olds. The current headmaster is Robert ...

.He announced his retirement on 5 December 2017

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