Allan Eastwood

Allan Eastwood
Personal information
Full name Allan William Eastwood
Born (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979
Portlaoise, Ireland
Nickname Stretch, Sprog
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm Fast
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 8
Batting average 8
100s/50s -
Top score 8*
Balls bowled 366
Wickets 9
Bowling average 22.22
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling 4-62
Catches/stumpings 1
Source: , 20 August 2010

Allan Eastwood is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut against The Netherlands on August 11, 2010 taking 4 wickets in the second innings.[1]

Background

Eastwood is from Roscrea in North Tipperary and began his cricketing career at Ballyeighan C.C. In his teens and early twenties he was a key member of the Ballyeighan side that won a Middle A Cup, Middle B Cup and numerous Midland and South East Cups. When Ballyeighan failed to gain promotion to senior ranks due to their lack of facilities Eastwood moved to Pembroke C.C. in Dublin. .[2]

International career

After quickly establishing himself in Pembroke's first team Eastwood assumed the captaincy for the 2010 season. Impressing the Irish selectors[3] with his action, pace and athleticism he was selected for the Ireland A side to play against the MCC at College Park, Trinity College, Dublin, on 3 August, 2010.[4] In that match he did enough to impress the watching Ireland coach Phil Simmons and was called into the first team for the game against The Netherlands the following week.[5] In addition to his four wickets in the second innings,[5] Eastwood opened his first class account taking the wicket of Eric Szwarczynski [6] in the first innings. He is the second man from Roscrea to play for Ireland, the other being Harry Read over a century ago.[7]

Bowling style

Possessing a good action, Eastwood troubles batsmen with his pace, variation of seam movement, and the bounce he extracts from his 6 ft 5' frame.

References

  1. "Ireland wrap up win over Holland". 13 August 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2016 via bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Ireland Name Team To Play MCC". cricketworld.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 22, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2010.

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