Adrian Birrell
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| Full name | Adrian Victor Birrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 December 1960 Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Harry Birrell (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Country Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1997 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1997 | Eastern Province B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adrian Victor "Adi" Birrell (born 8 December 1960) in Grahamstown, Cape Province is a former South African first class cricketer and Irish cricket coach. A leg break bowler, Birrell took 75 wickets at 30.16 in his career for Eastern Province, before turning to coaching.
He was educated at St Andrew's College in Grahamstown.[1]
He led Ireland in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup where they reached the Super Eight Stage. In the tournament they beat two Test nations, Bangladesh and Pakistan as well as achieving a tie against Zimbabwe. He stepped down after the World Cup and was replaced as Ireland coach by Phil Simmons, but he continued to coach in Ireland.[2] In 2013 he was appointed assistant national coach for South Africa.[3]
References
- ↑ "Adrian Birrell - Biographical Summaries of Notable People - MyHeritage". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ↑ Adrian Birrell returns to Cricket Ireland Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ Adrian Birrell named South Africa assistant coach Retrieved 5 August 2014.
External links
- Adrian Birrell at Cricinfo
- Adrian Birrell at CricketArchive
- Matches and detailed statistics for Adrian Birrell
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