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Andy Pycroft
Personal information
Full name
Andrew John Pycroft
Born (1956-06-06) 6 June 1956 (age 68)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 10)18 October 1992 v India
Last Test7 November 1992 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 9)9 June 1983 v Australia
Last ODI18 March 1992 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975/76–1978/79Western 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: CricketArchive, 3 August 2016

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

Domestic career

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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

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In March 2006 Pycroft was appointed coach of the Zimbabwe A side,[1] a role he kept until August 2008 when he was sacked along with first-team coach Robin Brown.[2]

Pycroft became a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees in March 2009.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zimbabwe Cricket sack Mangongo, CricketArchive, Retrieved 1 May 2009
  2. ^ Brown ousted as Zimbabwe coach, CricketArchive, Retrieved 1 May 2009
  3. ^ Gould and Hill join ICC elite, CricketArchive, Retrieved 1 May 2009