Allan Eastwood

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

Allan Eastwood
Personal information
Full nameAllan William Eastwood
Born (1979-10-22) 22 October 1979
Portlaoise, Ireland
NicknameStretch
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
BattingRight-handed batsman
BowlingRight-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

Background

Eastwood is from Roscrea in County 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Ireland Name Team To Play MCC". cricketworld.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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