Alan Warner (cricketer)
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Alan Esmond Warner was an English
cricket
er who played for Worcestershire
from 1982 to 1984 and for Derbyshire
from 1985 to 1996).
Warner's career saw him spend four years at Worcestershire, having represented them since 1980 in the Second XI Championship. All this was merely the lead-up to a distinguished twelve-year career with Derbyshire. Warner's first notable act as a cricketer was to impress team-mate Kim Barnett
with a shocking bouncer and, with added time and consistency, Warner eventually worked his way into the Derbyshire team.
When Derbyshire won the 1990 Sunday League and the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup, Warner played some of the best games of his career, and in the latter, after a wretched season for the Peakites, Warner came up with his best bowling figures for the Derbyshire team in first-class cricket. A consistent player in upcoming years, Warner played just one match in 1996, after his 1995 benefit season only raised £15,000. Allan retired from county cricket and played and coached at Halesowen cricket club from 1997-2005. Warner was a tailending batsman for the Worcestershire side, but made it to the lower order with Derbyshire thanks to the closing pair of Martin Jean-Jacques
and Ole Mortensen
. Warner was on the winning 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup side with Derbyshire, as well as playing in the 1990 final. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Currently he is working at the university of Wolverhampton.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
from 1982 to 1984 and for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
from 1985 to 1996).
Warner's career saw him spend four years at Worcestershire, having represented them since 1980 in the Second XI Championship. All this was merely the lead-up to a distinguished twelve-year career with Derbyshire. Warner's first notable act as a cricketer was to impress team-mate Kim Barnett
Kim Barnett
Kim John Barnett was an English cricketer who briefly played for England in 1988 and 1989, and for Derbyshire from 1979 to 1998. He also played for Gloucestershire from 1999 to 2002, and for South African club sides...
with a shocking bouncer and, with added time and consistency, Warner eventually worked his way into the Derbyshire team.
When Derbyshire won the 1990 Sunday League and the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup, Warner played some of the best games of his career, and in the latter, after a wretched season for the Peakites, Warner came up with his best bowling figures for the Derbyshire team in first-class cricket. A consistent player in upcoming years, Warner played just one match in 1996, after his 1995 benefit season only raised £15,000. Allan retired from county cricket and played and coached at Halesowen cricket club from 1997-2005. Warner was a tailending batsman for the Worcestershire side, but made it to the lower order with Derbyshire thanks to the closing pair of Martin Jean-Jacques
Martin Jean-Jacques
Martin Jean-Jacques was a Dominican cricketer. During his eight years in first-class cricket, he played for Derbyshire and Hampshire....
and Ole Mortensen
Ole Mortensen
Ole Henrik Mortensen is a former Danish cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.88.For Denmark, Mortensen appeared in four ICC Trophy...
. Warner was on the winning 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup side with Derbyshire, as well as playing in the 1990 final. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Currently he is working at the university of Wolverhampton.
External links
- Alan Warner at Cricket Archive