Stuart Gordon Whittingham (born 10 February 1994) is a Scottish former

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er who played for

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as well as representing his country in

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s. Whittingham has also represented

Loughborough MCC University Loughborough MCC University (previously known as Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a cricket coaching centre based at Loughborough University in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and the name under which the universi ...

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 Englis ...

and the

Scotland Under-19 cricket team The Scotland Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of Scotland in Under-19 cricket at international level. Scotland has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on eight occasions, the third-most of European countries behind England ...

. Primarily a right-arm

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bowler, he also

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right handed. However, in September 2020, Whittingham was forced to retire from cricket due to a back injury.

Education

Whittingham was educated at

Christ's Hospital School Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 1553. ...

, a boarding

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near the

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, followed by

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when ...

Career

Whittingham's first recorded match is for the Sussex U-13 team in June 2007. Other Sussex cricket teams he has also represented are Sussex U-15s and U-17s, the Sussex Academy, and the Sussex Second XI; Whittingham has also played non first class matches for

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and

Whittingham made two appearances for Scotland U-19s in 2013/14, in warmup matches for the

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, and was named in the squad for the tournament. Whittingham made his first-class cricket debut for Loughborough MCC University against

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in April 2015. His bowling figures were 1/77 and 0/32. Whittingham was awarded a junior professional contract for

for the

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. He made his first appearance for Sussex in a

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match against

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, taking figures of 2/38. He dismissed Hamish Rutherford and

Neil Broom Neil Trevor Broom (born 20 November 1983) is a New Zealand international cricketer. Broom has played domestic cricket for teams including Otago Volts, Derbyshire County Cricket Club and Canterbury. After making his international debut in 2009, ...

, and also hit

Billy Godleman Billy Ashley Godleman (born 11 February 1989) is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derbyshire. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-spin bowler who played for Middlesex County Cricket Clu ...

on the helmet. He made his One Day International debut for Scotland against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 6 October 2017. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Scotland against

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on 16 June 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whittingham, Stuart 1994 births Living people Alumni of Loughborough University Scottish cricketers People educated at Christ's Hospital Cricketers from Derby Sussex cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Scotland One Day International cricketers Scotland Twenty20 International cricketers