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Kevin Richard Blackburn (born 19 August 1968) is a former English cricketer. Blackburn was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Blackburn first played county cricket for Cornwall in the 1987 Minor Counties Championship against Shropshire. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the county in 13 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire. He also represented Cornwall in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. His debut in that competition came against Devon in 1992. He represented Cornwall in 2 further Trophy matches against Wiltshire in 1993 and Dorset in 1994.
Blackburn later represented the Somerset Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These came against Bedfordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, Staffordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy and Wales Minor Counties in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 26 runs at a batting average of 8.66, with a high score of 20.
In 2002, he joined Wiltshire. He made his debut for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. From 2002 to 2005, he represented the county in 11 Championship matches, the last of which came against Devon. He also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, representing them in 8 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Norfolk in 2005.