English cricketer
Alan Fordham (born 9 November 1964 in Bedford ) [ 1] cricketer . He was a right-handed batsman and he played in 167 first-class matches for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club between 1986 and 1997.[ 1] [ 2] batting average of 40.06, and scored 25 centuries.[ 1] Yorkshire County Cricket Club at Headingley Stadium in 1990. His best season was 1991 with 1,840 runs at 47.17.[ 3]
In Limited-overs cricket he is best remembered for winning the Man of the Match award in the final of the 1992 NatWest Trophy at Lord's Cricket Ground , when Northamptonshire defeated Leicestershire County Cricket Club .
After retiring from cricket, in 1997 he took up the post of Head of Cricket Operations (first-class) at the England and Wales Cricket Board .[ 4] [ 5]
Fordham was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Durham , where he was awarded a palatinate for cricket in 1986.[ 6] [ 7]
References
^ a b c "Alan Fordham ", Cricinfo , ESPN , retrieved 2010-05-15
^ Culley, Jon (1995) "Fordham's defiance tips the balance ", The Independent
^ "Alan Fordham's batting statistics at Cricket Archive, retrieved July 2015" ^ Fordham, Alan (2003) "Backstage: Alan Fordham ", The Guardian
^ Pryor, Matthew (2007) "Umpire’s decision no longer final as ECB trial provides players with right to appeal [dead link ] The Times
^ "Alan Fordham teams at Cricket Archive" ^ "Palatinates" . Palatinate : 21. 20 November 1986. Retrieved 6 September 2019 .
