Ivan Anderson

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Ivan Anderson
Ireland (IRE)
Ivan Anderson
Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type Right arm off-break (OB)
Career First-class List A
Matches 19 3
Runs scored 947 77
Batting average 37.88 25.66
100s/50s 3/1 0/0
Top score 147 37
Balls bowled 873 126
Wickets 17 0
Bowling average 14.64 -
5 wickets in innings 1 -
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best Bowling 5/21 0/15
Catches/Stumpings 9/0 0/0

First-class debut: 30 July 1966
Last First-class: 7 August 1982
Updated: 27 January 2007
Source: Cricket Archive

Ivan John Anderson (born 13 August 1944 in Armagh,Northern Ireland) [1] is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler.

He made his debut for Ireland against Middlesex in July 1966, [2] and went on to play for his country 86 times in all. [3] Of these matches, 19 had first-class status and three had List A status. [4] He had a highest first-class score of 147, and his best bowling in first-class cricket was 5/21. [5] He had a higher score for Ireland in a non first-class match, scoring 198 not out against Canada at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in September 1973, an innings that was the highest in all of Ireland's matches until Eoin Morgan broke it in February 2007. [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive player profile
  2. ^ Scorecard of first match
  3. ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
  4. ^ Cricket Archive profile
  5. ^ Cricinfo profile
  6. ^ Top run scores for Ireland