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Nicholas
Alexander de Groot
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| Born: |
22
October 1975, North York, Ontario, Canada |
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| Major
Teams: |
Guyana,
Canada |
| Known
As: |
Nicholas
de Groot |
| Pronounced: |
Nicholas
de Groot |
| Batting
Style: |
Right
Hand Bat |
| Bowling
Style: |
Right
Arm Medium
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Profile:
A
stylish, elegant bat and occasional medium pace bowler, Nick de
Groot was born in North York, Ontario, but learned his cricket in
Guyana. His talent was soon recognised, and he debuted against the
touring Australians in 1994-95 at the age of 19. Selected at the
youth level for the West Indies he soon became Guyana's regular
opening bat. He perhaps failed to realise his potential, with no
first-class hundreds in over 30 matches, and he seemed to have
little chance of international honours until he decided to throw
in his lot with Canada in the ICC Trophy in 2001. This in
retrospect was a good decision, as he made an important
contribution to Canada's 3rd place finish, and qualification for
the 2003 World Cup.
Like many shorter men he excels at the cross bat
shots, hooking and cutting with confidence and power. He has the
gift of rarely seeming hurried, able to play his shots very late.
He bowls an accurate medium pace, and is a fine fielder, quick to
the ball and with a sharp throw.
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