Wes Durston
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| First-class | List A | |
| Matches | 27 | 40 |
| Runs scored | 1426 | 680 |
| Batting average | 36.56 | 29.56 |
| 100s/50s | 1/10 | -/5 |
| Top score | 146* | 62* |
| Balls bowled | 1905 | 696 |
| Wickets | 24 | 19 |
| Bowling average | 53.62 | 37.10 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | N/A |
| Best bowling | 3-23 | 3-44 |
| Catches/stumpings | 33/- | 9/- |
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Debut: [[]], 2000 |
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Wesley John Durston (born October 6, 1980 in Taunton, Somerset) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset. He learnt his cricket at Millfield School and is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler. He made his debut for the Somerset 2nd XI in 1999 and played for the Somerset Cricket Board in the Nat West Bank Trophy in 2000. He made his first-class debut for Somerset against West Indies 'A' in 2002 and made his Championship debut in 2003. He made more appearances in 2005 and was particularly valuable in one day games. In 2006 he became a regular member of the team. His maiden first-class century was 146* against Derbyshire at Derby in 2005. His best bowling in first-class cricket is 3-23 against Sri Lanka 'A' in 2004.
Although he didn't score a century in 2006 he did get 7 Championship scores over 50 and was the leading catcher with 15.
