Alan Castell
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| Full name | Alan Terry Castell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1943 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium; leg break and googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1971 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 September 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Terry Castell (born 6 August 1943) is a former English cricketer who played for Hampshire between 1961 and 1971. He was a right-handed lower-order batsman who began as a leg-break and googly bowler but later switched to medium-pace.
Castell shared in a Hampshire record 9th wicket stand of 230 with Danny Livingstone against Surrey in 1962. During the partnership Castell contributed 76 runs, which was also his highest first-class score.[1]
References
- ^ "Hampshire v Surrey 1962". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
External links
- Alan Castell on ESPNcricinfo
- Alan Castell on CricketArchive
Further reading
- Stephen Chalke, Caught in the Memory, Fairfield Books, Bath, 1999, pp. 44–62