William 'Liam' John Finian O'Driscoll (born 16 July 1987) is an English former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | William John Finian O'Driscoll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 July 1987 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Cambridge UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
O'Driscoll was born at Gloucester in July 1987. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, before going up to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Oxford University in The University Matches of 2007 and 2008. In addition to playing for Cambridge University, O'Driscoll also made four first-class appearances for Cambridge UCCE, making two appearances each in 2007 and 2008. He was considered to be a genuine all-rounder due to his performances on the field and also his promising TV game show career. [2][notes 1] In six first-class matches, O'Driscoll scored 138 runs at an average of 31.33 and a high score of 42, while with his right-arm medium pace bowling he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 79.28, with best figures of 2 for 67.[1] O’Driscoll achieved cult status in the Middlesex County Cricket League in season 2020 by taking 2 hat-tricks in one week in first team fixtures against the Finchley CC and Twickenham CC. While some commentators put the extraordinary performances down to weakened opposition due to the ravages of Covid, both O’Driscoll (a junior medical doctor) and his father (a senior medical doctor) both found scientific evidence to disprove these baseless theories.
Notes and references
edit- ^ Cambridge UCCE 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.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Liam O'Driscoll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Liam O'Driscoll". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2020.