Neil Fairbrother

**Neil Fairbrother**
Personal information

Full name	Neil Harvey Fairbrother
Born	9 September 1963 (1963-09-09) (age 48) Warrington, Cheshire, England
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Left-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	10	75	366	505
Runs scored	219	2092	20,612	14,761
Batting average	15.64	39.47	41.22	41.69
100s/50s	–/1	1/16	47/104	9/107
Top score	83	113	366	145
Balls bowled	12	6	795	174
Wickets	–	–	7	3
Bowling average	–	–	71.42	64.33
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	–	n/a
Best bowling	–	–	2/91	1/17
Catches/stumpings	4/–	33/–	290/–	185/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 April 2011

Neil Fairbrother (born Neil Harvey Fairbrother, 9 September 1963, Warrington, then Lancashire)^[1] is a former English cricket player, named by his mother after her favourite player, the Australian cricketer Neil Harvey.^[1] He was educated at Lymm High School.

Fairbrother played for Lancashire, Transvaal and England. He was team captain of Lancashire in 1992–1993. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, described Fairbrother as "an inventive, intelligent left-hander".^[1]

Life and career

Fairbrother made his international debut on 2 April 1987, in a One Day International against India. Following a match-winning century against a West Indies side including Malcolm Marshall, Curtley Ambrose and Courtney Walsh at Lord's in 1991, he established himself as a regular in middle-order of the one-day side for several years. Test success, however, proved elusive. Bowled for a duck on his debut, he made just ten Test appearances for England, with only one half-century from 15 innings, at an average of 15.64.^[1] However, his international honours included appearing for England in three Cricket World Cup finals.^[2]

In 1990, Fairbrother scored 366 for Lancashire against Surrey at The Oval. 311 of his runs came in a single day, and his feat is unique in that he scored at least 100 runs in each of the three sessions that day.^[3] Another milestone came in 1998, when he became the first man to play in ten Lord's one-day domestic cricket cup finals.

Fairbrother retired in 2002, and became Director of Cricket at International Sports Management, a sports agency that represents several leading English Test cricketers.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 66. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
^ "Neil Fairbrother - Profile". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12803.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.

England squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup (runners-up)

1 Gooch (c) 2 Botham 3 DeFreitas 4 Fairbrother 5 Hick 6 Illingworth 7 Lamb 8 Lewis 9 Pringle 10 Reeve 11 Small 12 Smith 13 Stewart (wk) 14 Tufnell

England squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup

1 Atherton (c) 2 Cork 3 DeFreitas 4 Fairbrother 5 Gough 6 Hick 7 Martin 8 Illingworth 9 Russell (wk) 10 NMK Smith 11 RA Smith 12 Stewart (wk) 13 Thorpe 14 White

Dermot Reeve was called up as an injury replacement.

England squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup

1 Stewart (c/wk) 2 Austin 3 Croft 4 Ealham 5 Fairbrother 6 Flintoff 7 Fraser 8 Gough 9 Hick 10 Hollioake 11 Hussain 12 Knight 13 Mullally 14 Thorpe 15 Wells Coach: Lloyd

Persondata
Name	Fairbrother, Neil
Alternative names	Fairbrother, Neil Harvey
Short description	English Test and County cricketer
Date of birth	9 September 1963
Place of birth	Warrington, Lancashire, England
Date of death
Place of death