Andre van Troost
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Full name | Adrianus Petrus van Troost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands | 2 October 1972|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1994/95 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1998 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ Green, David (3 August 1995). "Somerset`s van Troost puts Adams in hospital". The Electronic Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2021 – via CricInfo.
- ^ "Van Troost barred for intimidation". The Independent. 10 August 1995. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "van Troost takes over as Netherlands CEO". CricInfo. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "van Troost quits as Netherlands CEO". CricInfo. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Alexander van der Lely to become chairman of the Supervisory Board" (Press release). Maassluis: Lely. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Dutch cricketers
- Somerset cricketers
- Griqualand West cricketers
- Sportspeople from Schiedam
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
- Dutch expatriates in South Africa
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Dutch cricket biography stubs