Morten Hedegaard
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| Full name | Morten Hedegaard Andersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1972 Nykøbing Mors, Viborg County, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lars Hedegaard Andersen (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morten Hedegaard Andersen (born 19 February 1972) is a
batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Nykøbing Mors, Viborg County. He is more commonly known as Morten Hedegaard.[1]
Career
Hedegaard made his debut for
Hedegaard toured
ICC Emerging Nations Tournament in Zimbabwe, where he made a further five List A appearances against Zimbabwe A, the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland and Kenya.[8] Hedegaard struggled with the bat in the tournament, scoring just 23 runs at an average of 5.75,[9] while with the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 28.60.[10] He captained Denmark in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada, making eight appearances, in what was to be his last appearance in the ICC Trophy.[3] He scored 122 at an average of 17.42 during the tournament,[11] with a high score of 55 coming against Bermuda.[12]
Though he missed a List A match in the
Soren Vestergaard succeeding him. He returned to the Danish squad five years later during their tour to Kenya, playing matches against a Coast Cricket Association XI, a Kenya Select XI and Kenya A.[2] In November 2007, he was selected in Denmark's squad for the World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia,[13] where he made six List A appearances.[8] He scored 61 runs at an average of 12.20 in the tournament.[14] He later played in the 2008 European Championship Division One, making four appearances,[2] before being selected in Denmark's fifteen man squad for the 2009 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa.[15] Hedegaard made five List A appearances during the tournament, the last of which came against Uganda.[8] He scored 40 runs at an average of 10.00 during the tournament,[16] while with the ball he took 3 wickets at an expensive average of 59.00.[17] Denmark finished the tournament in the twelfth and last place, therefore failing to qualify for the 2011 World Cup. This tournament also marked his final List A appearances. Having played a total of seventeen matches in that format for his country, Hedegaard took 11 wickets at an average of 40.63, with best figures of 3/42.[18] With the bat, he scored 129 runs at an average of 9.21, with a high score of 24 not out.[19]
This tournament also marked his final appearance for Denmark in any format.
His brother, Lars, has also played for Denmark.
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Morten Hedegaard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Miscellaneous Matches played by Morten Hedegaard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ a b "ICC Trophy Matches played by Morten Hedegaard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Carlsberg ICC Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Argentina v Denmark, 1997 ICC Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Bowling in Carlsberg ICC Trophy 1996/97 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Malaysia v Denmark, 1997 ICC Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d "List A Matches played by Carsten Pedersen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in ICC Emerging Nations Tournament 1999/00 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Bowling in ICC Emerging Nations Tournament 1999/00 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in ICC Trophy 2001 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Bermuda v Denmark, 2001 ICC Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "World Cricket League Division 2 2007 – Team Squads". cricketeurope4.net. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2007/08 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Denmark squad – ICC World Cup Qualifiers, 2009". ESPNcricinfo. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in ICC World Cup Qualifier 2008/09 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Bowling in ICC World Cup Qualifier 2008/09 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Morten Hedegaard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Morten Hedegaard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
External links
- Morten Hedegaard at ESPNcricinfo
- Morten Hedegaard at CricketArchive