Alan Warner (cricketer)
Alan Esmond Warner (born Birmingham, Warwickshire, England 12 May 1957) was an English cricketer who played for Worcestershire from 1982 to 1984 and for Derbyshire from 1985 to 1996).
Warner was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. His career saw him spend four years at Worcestershire, having represented them since 1980 in the Second XI Championship. All this was merely the lead-up to a distinguished twelve-year career with Derbyshire. Warner's first notable act as a cricketer was to impress team-mate Kim Barnett with a shocking bouncer. With added time and consistency, Warner eventually worked his way into the Derbyshire team.
When Derbyshire won the 1990 Sunday League and the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup, Warner played some of the best games of his career in the latter competition. After a wretched season for the Peakites, Warner came up with his best bowling figures for the Derbyshire team in first-class cricket.
Warner was a tailend batsman for the Worcestershire side, but ending up batting higher up the order with Derbyshire thanks to Martin Jean-Jacques and Ole Mortensen being lower quality batsmen.
A consistent player over many years, Warner played just one match in 1996, after his 1995 benefit season only raised £15,000. Allan retired from county cricket and played and coached at Halesowen Cricket Club in Worcestershire from 1997-2005.
He is currently working at the University of Wolverhampton.