{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Nigel Dalcour Sinker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|4|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Writtle, Essex, England | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | family = | 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 }}
'''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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p54871.htm#i548701|title=Nigel Dalcour Sinker|publisher=www.thepeerage.com|accessdate=2022-01-01}}</ref> before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge.<ref>{{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}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1966 and 1967, making thirteen appearances.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He scored 188 runs in his these matches, at an average of 9.89 and a highest score of 31 not out.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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