William Anthony Adkin (born 9 April 1990) is an English

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er. Adkin is a left-handed

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who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at

Redhill, Surrey Redhill () is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead within the county of Surrey, England. The town, which adjoins the town of Reigate to the west, is due south of London Borough of Croydon, Croydon in ...

, and was educated at the Sackville School, East Grinstead, before attending

Southampton Solent University Southampton Solent University (formerly and commonly known as Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near ...

. Adkin made his debut for

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in a

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match against the touring

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at the County Ground, Hove, in 2010. Batting at number eight, Adkin contributed 30 runs to Sussex's total of 253 all out, before he was dismissed by

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. He took the wicket of Jahurul Islam in the Bangladeshis innings, with Sussex dismissing them for 104 to win the match by 149 runs. Later in that season he made his first-class debut against

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at Woodbridge Road, Guildford, in the

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. He scored 45 in the match and took figures of 1–38 with the ball. With the need to concentrate on his university studies, Adkin made just four first-class appearances in the 2011 season, playing in against Oxford MCCU in May, as well as making three appearances in the

later in the season. Adkin also made two List A appearances in that seasons Clydesdale Bank 40, against

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and the

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. Following the 2011 season, Sussex were invited by the

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to take part in the 2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20 in January 2012 as an overseas team. Adkin was a part of the Sussex squad which took part in the tournament, with him making his

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debut against the Combined Campuses and Colleges. He made a second appearance in the tournament against

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. Adkin appeared just once for Sussex in the 2012 season, making a single first-class appearance late in Sussex's final

match of the season against Durham at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. He was released by Sussex at the end of that season, with the county's professional cricket manager, Mark Robinson, stating "opportunities were limited last year for Will and seemed likely to be again next season."

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Will Adkin
at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Adkin, Will 1990 births Living people Cricketers from Redhill, Surrey Alumni of Southampton Solent University English cricketers Sussex cricketers People educated at Sackville School, East Grinstead