    dennis brian close, cbe (born 24 february 1931) is a former cricketer who is the youngest man ever to play test cricket for england. he was picked for the test team to play against new zealand, in july 1949, when he was 18&nbsp;years old. close went on to play 22&nbsp;test matches for england, captaining them seven times (six wins, one draw). close also captained [[yorkshire county 
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