Oliver Henry Freckingham (born 12 November 1988) is an English first-class cricketer. He was born at Oakham and played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman.
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| Full name | Oliver Henry Freckingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 November 1988 Oakham, Rutland, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2016 | Leicestershire (squad no. 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 10 April 2013 Leics v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 14 August 2014 Leics v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Freckingham first played for Leicestershire's Second XI in 2010. He has played league cricket for Loughborough Town.[1]
Freckingham signed a one-year contract with Leicestershire in September 2012[2] to play in the 2013 County Championship season. He made his debut in the season opener against Hampshire at The Rose Bowl taking 3/100 in his first innings. He became a regular in Leicestershire's County Championship side and in his fifth game took 6/125, and had match figures of 9/188 against Northamptonshire.[3]
After being Leicestershir'e leading wicket-taker during the 2013 season, Freckingham signed a new two-year deal in October 2013.[4]
Personal life
Freckingham plays golf to a good standard and before he joined Leicestershire full-time, worked as a shop manager at Rutland County Golf Club.[2]