Andy Pycroft

Andy Pycroft

Personal information
Full name	Andrew John Pycroft
Born	(1956-06-06) 6 June 1956 Salisbury, Rhodesia
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Role	Batsman, match referee
International information
National side	Zimbabwe (1983-1992)
Test debut (cap 10)	18 October 1992 v India
Last Test	7 November 1992 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 9)	9 June 1983 v Australia
Last ODI	18 March 1992 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1975/76-1978/79	Western Province B
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 3 20 72 100 Runs scored 152 295 4,374 2,576 Batting average 30.40 17.35 38.03 29.60 100s/50s 0/1 0/2 5/31 1/17 Top score 60 61 133 104 Balls bowled – – 87 12 Wickets – – 1 0 Bowling average – – 52.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/0 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 6/– 63/– 38/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 3 August 2016

Andrew John Pycroft (born 6 June 1956 in Salisbury – now Harare) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 20 One Day Internationals from 1983 to 1992.

Domestic career

He played for Rhodesia prior to Zimbabwe's independence. He also represented the Zimbabwean team (1980 onwards) and the Western Province in the South African domestic competition.

After cricket

In March 2006 Pycroft was appointed coach of the Zimbabwe A side, a role he kept until August 2008 when he was sacked along with first-team coach Robin Brown.

Pycroft became a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees in March 2009.

International match referee statistics

As of the 20 July 2017:

	First	Latest	Total
Tests	England v West Indies at London, 6 May 2009	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo, 15 Mar 2017	54
ODIs	England v West Indies at Bristol, 24 May 2009	South Africa v New Zealand at Cardiff, 14 Jun 2017	137
T20Is	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo, 2 Sep 2009	England v South Africa at Cardiff, 25 Jun 2017	57