Andre van Troost

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Troost, not Troost.
Andre van Troost
Personal information
Full nameAdrianus Petrus van Troost
Born (1972-10-02) 2 October 1972 (age 49)
Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994/95Griqualand West
1991–1998Somerset
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 71 31
Runs scored 461 75
Batting average 7.94 8.33
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 35 17*
Balls bowled 8,451 1,321
Wickets 146 36
Bowling average 38.45 30.77
5 wickets in innings 4 1
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 6/48 5/22
Catches/stumpings 10/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2011

Adrianus 'André' Petrus van Troost (born 2 October 1972 in Schiedam, South Holland) is a Dutch businessman and former cricketer.

A right-arm fast bowler van Troost represented his nation at ICC Trophy level between 1990 and 1997, taking thirteen wickets in nine matches at the bowling average of 17.38.

Playing career[]

Van Troost played for Somerset in English county cricket and Griqualand West in South African provincial cricket.

Van Troost was an aggressive bowler: in 1995, whilst playing for Somerset, he bowled a bouncer to West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams, which resulted in Adams being hospitalised with a fractured cheekbone.[1] Just a week later, umpire Barry Dudleston ordered him out of the bowling attack for intimidatory bowling in a match against Kent.[2] On Test Match Special on 30 June 2010 Mark Butcher stated that at The Oval in around 1995 van Troost had bowled the fastest spell of bowling he had ever faced, describing Waqar Younis as looking like "a medium pace bowler by comparison".

Later career[]

In September 2008, van Troost was appointed as the chief executive of the Royal Dutch Cricket Association[3] but resigned less than five months later to resume his business career.[4] His career has included wrking for Procter & Gamble, Danone and Lely, where he was appointed as CEO in 2020.[5]

Family[]

His brother Luuk van Troost has also played cricket for the Netherlands.

References[]

  1. ^ Green, David (3 August 1995). "Somerset`s van Troost puts Adams in hospital". The Electronic Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2021 – via CricInfo.
  2. ^ "Van Troost barred for intimidation". The Independent. 10 August 1995. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ "van Troost takes over as Netherlands CEO". CricInfo. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ "van Troost quits as Netherlands CEO". CricInfo. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Alexander van der Lely to become chairman of the Supervisory Board" (Press release). Maassluis: Lely. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.


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