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An A to Z of Northamptonshire Cricketers
by Andrew Radd
A-Z List A


Keith Vincent ANDREW 1929-2010
Player number 247 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 3 June 1953) Also List A #1 (debut 22 May 1963) Birthplace Oldham, Lancashire County Cap 1954; Captain 1962-66; Hall of Fame 2018. First-Class 351 matches, 3,830 runs @ 13.78; 2 wickets @ 15.50; 653 catches, 157 stumpings List A 9 matches, 15 runs @3.75; 6 catches Long-serving physiotherapist Jack Jennings reckoned that ‘if Keith fell out with anyone, he must have been driven to it.’ An equable temperament was combined wi
Apr 92 min read


Ricaldo Glenroy Sherman ANDERSON 1976-
Player number 411 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 8 May 2002) Also List A #127 (debut 3 May 2002) and T20 #1 (debut 13 June 2003) Birthplace Hammersmith, London First-Class 8 matches, 212 runs @ 17.66; 13 wickets @ 57.76 List A 10 matches, 63 runs @ 12.60; 16 wickets @ 24.56 Twenty20 1 match, 0 runs; 4 wickets @ 7.25; 1 catch Fast bowler Ricky Anderson, a product of London Cricket College, made a successful start to his first- class career with Essex, claiming 50 wickets in
Apr 92 min read


Curtly Elconn Lynwall AMBROSE 1963-
Player number 360 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 20 May 1989) Also List A #81 (debut 21 May 1989) Birthplace Swetes Village, Antigua County Cap 1990 First-Class 78 matches, 1,100 runs @ 15.71; 318 wickets @20.60; 38 catches List A 95 matches, 404 runs @ 14.43; 115 wickets @ 22.17; 30 catches When coach-turned-scout Brian Reynolds and chief executive Stephen Coverdale journeyed north to watch fast bowler Curtly Ambrose play in a Central Lancashire League match in 1987 the
Feb 212 min read


Usman AFZAAL 1977-
Player number 422 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 16 April 2004) Also List A #140 (debut 25 April 2004) and T20 #14 (debut 2 July 2004) Birthplace Rawalpindi, Pakistan County Cap 2005 First-Class 59 matches, 4,437 runs @ 49.30; 13 wickets @ 59.30; 27 catches List A 60 matches, 2,032 runs @ 39.07; 6 wickets @ 22.23; 13 catches Twenty20 27 matches, 446 runs @ 23.47; 2 wickets @ 33.00; 5 catches Director of Cricket Kepler Wessels’ need for experienced batsmen to replace Aust
Feb 212 min read


Hylton Michael ACKERMAN 1947-2009
Player number 290 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 27 May 1967) Also List A #22 (debut 1 May 1968) Birthplace Springs, South Africa County Cap 1969 First-Class 98 matches, 5,182 runs @ 31.59; 4 wickets @ 25.75; 89 catches List A 50 matches, 1,296 runs @ 30.13; 0 wickets for 9; 19 catches Northamptonshire’s willingness to back the judgement of former County batsman Percy Davis – who spent his winters coaching at Dale College in South Africa – paid dividends when left-hander
Feb 192 min read
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