Carl Hopkinson (born 14 September 1981) is a former English

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er and current coach. He was a right-handed

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and a right-arm

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bowler. He was also an extremely talented fielder. Born in

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

, he attended

Brighton College Brighton College is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18); Brighton College Preparatory Sc ...

and played for

Lewes Priory Cricket Club Lewes Priory is a cricket club based in Lewes, England. The club is based at the Stanley Turner Ground, Kingston road, Lewes. The Saturday 1st XI plays in the 2nd division of the Sussex Cricket League. The Saturday 2nd XI plays in the 2nd XI Div ...

. Playing for

since the beginning of his career, he was given their young player of the year award in 2000, and the following year he made his one-day debut. He played in his first National League match against

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in 2003, bowling a spell of 3/19 and scoring 67 with the bat. In 2005 he factored more often into the Sussex team, and top scored with 64. In 2006 he helped Sussex win the double, and then in 2007 he played a part in Sussex's County Championship win. He currently works as the fielding coach with the England first team squads. Previously with England Lions and England Under-19s, and before that as a coach with Sussex.

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at ECB {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkinson, Carl 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Brighton English cricketers Sussex cricketers People educated at Brighton College English cricket coaches Sussex Cricket Board cricketers