David Fulton (cricketer)
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| Full name | David Paul Fulton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 November 1971 Lewisham, England |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Journalist, commentator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Richard Davis (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–2006 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Paul Fulton (born 15 November 1971 in Lewisham) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman, who occasionally bowled left-arm orthodox spin. He played first-class cricket for Kent for 15 years until 2006. He is now a cricket journalist with The Times and Sky Sports.
Having been educated at The Judd School in Tonbridge and the University of Kent, Fulton joined Kent in 1992. His first-class debut came at Fenner's, where he scored 16 and 42 in the match against Cambridge University. Later that year he appeared in the University Championship final for the University of Kent, where he contributed 10 runs in the defeat to the University of Durham.
In 1993, he took the catch to dismiss Viv Richards in his final first-class innings.
Once established in the first-team, Fulton performed consistently in the seasons between 1995 and 1998, where he averaged over 30 every year. 1996 also saw Fulton take his only first-class wicket; that of Oxford University batsman William Kendall, caught and bowled. Fulton's best run-scoring return was 954 runs in 1998, a season in which he hit his first double century. Playing against Yorkshire at Mote Park, Maidstone, Fulton posted 207 not out over the course of ten-and-a-half hours to save Kent from a heavy defeat. However, his innings was criticised by some, notably Clive Ellis of The Daily Telegraph, of being so slow that it prevented Kent from reaching a position to set a target.
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