John Hughes (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer, born 1971
Date of Birth: 03-May-1971
Place of Birth: Wellingborough, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John Hughes (cricketer)
- John Gareth Hughes (born 3 May 1971) is a former English cricketer.
- Hughes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Hughes made his first-class cricket debut for Northamptonshire against Surrey in the 1990 County Championship.
- He made nineteen first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1997 County Championship.
- A bowler, Hughes took 37 wickets at an average of 43.83, with best figures of 5/69.
- These figures, his only five wicket haul, came against Hampshire in 1994.
- A tailend batsman, Hughes scored 128 runs at a batting average of 5.33, with a high score of 17.
- He made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in the 1990 Refuge Assurance League.
- He made nine further List A appearances for Northamptonshire, the last of which came against the touring Australians in 1997.
- He took 6 wickets in his ten matches, which came at an average of 43.83 and best figures of 2/39.
- While playing for Northamptonshire he also undertook university studies, in doing so he appeared once for the Combined Universities in the 1994 Benson & Hedges Cup.Leaving Northamptonshire at the end of the 1997 season, he proceeded to join Bedfordshire for the 1998 season.
- He made his debut for the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Surrey Cricket Board.
- Between 1998 and 2001, he made 24 Minor Counties Championship appearances and sixteen MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.
- He made his first List A appearance for Bedfordshire in the 1998 NatWest Trophy against Glamorgan, and between 1998 and 2001 he made nine further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Devon in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001 to avoid fixture congestion the following season.
- In his ten List A appearances for Bedfordshire, he took 8 wickets at an average of 39.37, with best figures of 3/17, while with the bat he scored 77 runs at an average of 12.83, with a high score of 30.
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