Allan Eastwood
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Full name | Allan William Eastwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Portlaoise, Ireland | 22 October 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Stretch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm Fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [2], 20 August 2010 |
Allan Eastwood is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut against The Netherlands on 11 August 2010 taking 4 wickets in the second innings.[1]
Background[]
Eastwood is from Roscrea in County Tipperary and began his cricketing career at Ballyeighan C.C. In his teens and early twenties he was a key member of the Ballyeighan side that won a Middle A Cup, Middle B Cup and numerous Midland and South East Cups. When Ballyeighan failed to gain promotion to senior ranks due to their lack of facilities Eastwood moved to Pembroke C.C. in Dublin.[2]
International career[]
After quickly establishing himself in Pembroke's first team Eastwood assumed the captaincy for the 2010 season. Impressing the Irish selectors[3] with his action, pace and athleticism he was selected for the Ireland A side to play against the MCC at College Park, Trinity College, Dublin, on 3 August 2010.[4] In that match he did enough to impress the watching Ireland coach Phil Simmons and was called into the first team for the game against The Netherlands the following week.[5] In addition to his four wickets in the second innings,[5] Eastwood opened his first class account taking the wicket of Eric Szwarczynski[6] in the first innings. He is the second man from Roscrea to play for Ireland, the other being Harry Read over a century ago.[7]
Bowling style[]
Possessing a good action, Eastwood troubles batsmen with his pace, variation of seam movement, and the bounce he extracts from his 6 ft 5' frame.[citation needed]
Eastwood also tries to intimidate his opponents with trash-talk. Although the effectiveness of it is unclear because he's not great at it.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Ireland wrap up win over Holland". 13 August 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2016 – via bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Ireland Name Team To Play MCC". cricketworld.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Dream Team 2021 - draft Aug 19th 6pm Eastern | TGC Tours". tgctours.proboards.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
External links[]
- Irish cricketers
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from County Laois