Richard Lindsay Hesketh (born 30 March 1988) is an English medical doctor and a former first-class cricketer.

Richard Hesketh
Personal information
Full name
Richard Lindsay Hesketh
Born (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 (age 36)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010Cambridge MCCU
2010Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 38
Batting average 12.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 20
Balls bowled 18
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2020

Hesketh was born at Cambridge in March 1988. He was educated in Cambridge at The Perse School, before going up to Cardiff University to study medicine.[1] From there he studied for his doctorate at Christ's College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made two appearances in first-class cricket in 2010, playing one match apiece for Cambridge MCCU[notes 1] against Leicestershire at Fenner's and for Cambridge University against Oxford University in The University Match at Oxford.[3] He scored 38 runs in these two matches, with a high score of 20.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Cambridge MCCU differed from Cambridge University Cricket Club in that it was open to students at Anglia Ruskin University, whereas Cambridge University Cricket Club is exclusively for students of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
  1. ^ "Player profile: Richard Heseketh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Richard Hesketh". www.cucc.net. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Hesketh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Hesketh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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