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Full name Alan Ward
Born August 10, 1947, Dronfield, Derbyshire
Current age 61 years 64 days
Major teams England,Border,Derbyshire,Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
6
1
40
21
8.00
93
43.01
0
0
7
0
3
0
First-class
163
157
47
928
44
8.43
0
0
51
0
List A
118
60
19
259
21*
6.31
0
0
23
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
9
761
453
14
4/61
4/75
32.35
3.57
54.3
1
0
0
First-class
163
21905
10495
460
7/42
22.81
2.87
47.6
15
4
List A
118
5628
3471
142
6/24
6/24
24.44
3.70
39.6
3
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jul 24-28, 1969 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Leeds, Jul 22-27, 1976 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1966 - 1978
List A span
1966 - 1977
Profile
The career of fast bowler Alan Ward promised much but ended in disappointment and injury. He was genuinely fast, but his awkward action and fragile body too often let him down, and he wasn't helped by having to ply the bulk of his trade on Derbyshire's featherbeds. When England went to Australia in 1970-71, captain Ray Illingworth trumpeted his opening attack of Ward and John Snow. But while Snow thrived in the limelight, taking 31 wickets to win the series, Ward shrank from it - even before his tour was wrecked by injury. He hit the headlines for the wrong reasons in 1973 when he was sent from the field by his captain for refusing to bowl in a Sunday League game, and in 1976 he was left Derbyshire under a cloud. That summer also saw his fifth and final Test, recalled to add some fire to the England side against the rampaging West Indies, he took four wickets and won a standing ovation for a last-day duck which held West Indies at bay for almost an hour. He joined Leicestershire in 1976 but had two largely unproductive seasons with them.
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