Batting style Right-handed Name Gareth Edwards 1997 Glamorgan | 1998 Wales Minor Counties | |
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Full name Gareth John Maldwyn Edwards Born 13 November 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-11-13 ) St Asaph, Flintshire, England | ||
Bowling style Right-arm off break | ||
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Gareth John Maldwyn Edwards (born 13 November 1976) is a former Welsh cricketer. Edwards was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in St Asaph, Flintshire. He studied geography at University College London.
Edwards played a single Youth Test for England Under-19s against Zimbabwe Under-19s on England's tour of Zimbabwe in 1995/96. Having played in the Glamorgan Second XI since 1994, Edwards made his only first-class appearance for Glamorgan against Oxford University in 1997. In this match he did not bat in either Glamorgan innings, while with the ball he bowled 9 wicket-less overs.
In 1998, he made 2 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Wales Minor Counties against Shropshire and Cornwall, and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance against Herfordshire. Following the end of his cricket career, he moved to Manchester where he worked for the BBC as a researcher for A Question of Sport.