Andrew Hurry

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Andrew Hurry is presently first team coach for Somerset County Cricket Club

A former Royal Marines fitness instructor and amateur cricketeer with Taunton Cricket Club,[1] Hurry joined Somerset in March 2001 as Fitness Instructor, introducing yoga as an activity for the 2002 season.[2]

For the 2005 season, Hurry was named Second XI coach, but left to coach the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.

Hurry rejoined Somerset as First XI coach in February 2006 [3] to replace England bound Mark Garaway, having achieved England and Wales Cricket Board coaching qualifications up to Level Four.[4][5]

In the 2007 season, with Justin Langer as captain and Hurry as coach, Somerset won the County Championship second division with 10 victories in 16 matches, after finishing last in 2006. The county was also promoted in the Natwest Pro40 one-day competition. By June of 2008 the county led the first division of the County Championship.

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  1. ^ Fitness role for ex-Marine
  2. ^ Cricinfo - Darren and Andy planning for Somerset players to be stronger in 2002
  3. ^ New coach sets out his stall
  4. ^ BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | Somerset | Somerset name Garaway replacement
  5. ^ Hurry returns to Taunton - Domestic - ECB

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