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| Full name | Iain John Sutcliffe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1974 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2002 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 16 August 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iain John Sutcliffe (born 20 December 1974) is a former English cricketer who played for the cricket teams of Oxford University, Combined Universities, Leicestershire, British Universities and Lancashire. He played as a left-handed batsman, primarily as an opener in four-day cricket, and as a very occasional spin bowler. He also represented Oxford University as a middleweight boxer.
Sutcliffe joined Lancashire in 2003 and in the same season was awarded his county cap.[1] Sutcliffe joined Northamptonshire County Cricket Club on loan towards the end of the 2007 season, only to injure himself during his first game, thus bringing his loan to a premature end.
Towards the end of the 2008 season Sutcliffe announced his retirement from first-class cricket, stating, "I've been presented with some opportunities away from cricket and I'm at a stage where I need to explore these at the earliest opportunity."[2] He would later teach economics and become a housemaster at Wellington College, Berkshire.[3]