Andrew Needham

Andrew ("Andy") Needham (born 23 March 1957, Calow, Derbyshire) is a former first-class cricketer, who represented Surrey and Middlesex, before representing Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship.[1]

Andrew Needham
Personal information
Full name
Andrew Needham
Born (1957-03-23) 23 March 1957
Calow, Derbyshire, England
NicknameNeeders
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989 1991Hertfordshire
1987 1988Middlesex
1977 1986Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 109 90
Runs scored 3,077 1,082
Batting average 23.13 18.03
100s/50s 4/12 0/3
Top score 138 55
Balls bowled 10,753 2,257
Wickets 124 50
Bowling average 43.33 30.90
5 wickets in innings 6 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/30 4/32
Catches/stumpings 50/ 22/
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2008

First-class cricket career

Needham was a right-arm off-spinner, with a batting record that suggested he could be considered an all-rounder. He was 25 before finally becoming a Surrey first team regular in 1982.[2] He made an immediate impact with the bat, scoring his maiden first-class hundred in just his third match of that summer, with 134 not out, from number nine in the batting order, adding 172 for the tenth wicket with Robin Jackman. He then went on to take 591 in the same match.

Needham scored three hundreds and passed 1000 runs for the only time in 1985, but at the end of the 1986 season "surprised many by moving north to join Middlesex. He stayed two seasons, becoming more of a utility player in one-dayers".[2]

Minor counties and other

Needham went on to become a cricket coach at Watford Grammar School for Boys, where he had been a pupil.[2] but he also became a significant player for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1989 to 1994.[3]

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References

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