Neil Fairbrother

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Neil Fairbrother
Personal information
Full name
Neil Harvey Fairbrother
Born (1963-09-09) 9 September 1963 (age 60)
Warrington, Lancashire
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 525)4 June 1987 v Pakistan
Last Test13 March 1993 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 94)2 April 1987 v India
Last ODI29 May 1999 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 10 75 366 505
Runs scored 219 2,092 20,612 14,761
Batting average 15.64 39.47 41.22 41.69
100s/50s 0/1 1/16 47/104 9/107
Top score 83 113 366 145
Balls bowled 12 6 795 174
Wickets 0 0 7 3
Bowling average – – 71.42 64.33
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 2/91 1/17
Catches/stumpings 4/– 33/– 290/– 185/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1992 Australia and New Zealand
Source: Cricinfo, 23 April 2011

Neil Fairbrother (born Neil Harvey Fairbrother; 9 September 1963)

Lymm Grammar School and played his county cricket for Lancashire. Although primarily a one day player at international level, he had strong success in the County Championship and had a first class high score of 366. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup
.

Fairbrother retired from all cricket in 2002, and became Director of Cricket at International Sports Management. He was also a player manager for a time, managing among others Andrew Flintoff. In February 2018, Fairbrother set up Phoenix Management.

Domestic career

Fairbrother played for

Transvaal and England. He was team captain of Lancashire in 1992–1993. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, described Fairbrother as "an inventive, intelligent left-hander".[1]

In 1990, Fairbrother scored 366 for Lancashire against

National League
(formerly the Refuge Assurance League) in 1989 and 1999.

International career

Fairbrother made his international debut on 2 April 1987, in a

1992 World Cup Final where Fairbrother topscored for England with a gritty 62 off 70 balls[4]
and almost pulled off an improbable chase.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-869833-21-X
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4
    .
  3. ^ "Neil Fairbrother - Profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Full Scorecard of Pakistan vs England Final 1991/92 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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