Nolan Clarke
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Saint Michael, Barbados
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| Full name | Nolan Ewatt Clarke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1948 Saint Michael, Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 4) | 17 February 1996 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 March 1996 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nolan Ewatt Clarke (born 22 June 1948) is a Barbados-born Dutch former cricketer. A big-hitting right-handed batsman, Clarke played five One Day Internationals for the Netherlands in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. At the age of 47, he was the oldest cricketer to play in the World Cup.[1] He once topped the six hitting tally in the Hong Kong Sixes, a tournament that included Brian Lara.
Clarke was educated at St Michael's parish, the same school that West Indian cricketers Vanburn Holder and David Murray went to.[citation needed]
Domestic career
He represented Barbados in first-class cricket from 1970 until 1978 and played 26 games for them in total. His highest first-class score of 159 was against Mike Denness's touring England side in 1973–74.[2]
He then began coaching in the Netherlands and played for Quick Haag before moving to Sparta 1888 in Rotterdam. His score of 265 not out for Quick against Bloemendaal in 1990 remains the highest score ever made in Dutch domestic cricket.[3]
In 1995, he made 86 for the Netherlands in a NatWest Trophy game against Northamptonshire.[4]
