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Delbert Hicks

Guyanese cricketer (born 1983)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 1, 2025
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Delbert Hicks is a Guyanese cricketer. He played in one first-class and four List A matches for Guyana in 2009.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Delbert Hicks” as guyanese cricketer (born 1983). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Delbert, Hicks and Guyanese.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Delbert, Hicks and Guyanese providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Delbert Hicks”, the useful work is to connect “guyanese cricketer (born 1983)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 1, 2025. The first chronological checks are 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Delbert Hicks” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.