Nigel Sinker

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Nigel Dalcour Sinker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|4|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Writtle, Essex, England

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| nickname =

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role =

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 1966–1967

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 188

| bat avg1 = 9.89

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 31*

| deliveries1 = 1,793

| wickets1 = 22

| bowl avg1 = 32.31

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 4/10

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 1 January

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20784.html Cricinfo

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Nigel Dalcour Sinker (born 19 April 1946) is an English former first-class cricketer.

The son of Philip Tennant Sinker and Mary Louisa Pearson, he was born in April 1946 at Writtle, Essex. He was educated at Winchester College,{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p54871.htm#i548701|title=Nigel Dalcour Sinker|publisher=www.thepeerage.com|accessdate=2022-01-01}} before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge.{{cite book|title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1991|date=1991|page=1244|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-43468-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ|language=en}} While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1966 and 1967, making thirteen appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32786/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Nigel Sinker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} He scored 188 runs in his these matches, at an average of 9.89 and a highest score of 31 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32786/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nigel Sinker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}} With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, he took 22 wickets at a bowling average of 32.31 and best figures of 4 for 10.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32786/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Nigel Sinker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-01|url-access=subscription}}