Education
Gifford was educated at Malvern College, where he was captain of the First XI cricket team, and played against a Worcestershire Development XI in 2000.
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He is, as Wisden put it, "no known relation" to former Worcestershire captain Norman Gifford. In 2002 he scored 104 for Worcestershire Under-19s against their Gloucestershire counterparts, putting on 292 for the fourth wicket with Craig Everett (215 not out). In 2003 and 2004 Gifford made a number of appearances for Worcestershire Second XI, his innings including 104 against Gloucestershire II in May 2004.
In 2004-2005 he was selected for the England Under-19s" tour of India, playing in two Youth Tests and four Youth ODIs.
In April 2005, Gifford made his first-class debut, captaining against Sussex at Hove, scoring 19 and 12 in a drawn game. He played seven further first-class matches for between then and May 2007, including leading the side to an eight-wicket victory over Worcestershire at Kidderminster in May 2005.
Gifford was not captain in this match. Gifford made only one first-team appearance for Worcestershire, when he played in a List A game at Worcester against West Indies A in July 2006, scoring just 1.
While at Worcestershire, he played club cricket for Kidderminster Victoria in the Cockspur Cup, hitting 94 in a narrow quarter-final defeat by Kibworth.
Although he scored 125 for Worcestershire II against Leicestershire seconds in early August 2007, the following month Worcestershire announced that his summer scholarship deal would not be upgraded to a full contract. Gifford played for Esher against Mitcham in the 2008 Cockspur Cup.
