Hernán Fennell

Hernán Fennell (born 2 February 1988) is an Argentine cricketer.[1][2] He played in the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament[3] and the 2019 South American Cricket Championship, a Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament at El Cortijo Polo Club near Lima, Peru.[4][5]

Hernán Fennell
Personal information
Born (1988-02-02) 2 February 1988
Argentina
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 5)3 October 2019 v Mexico
Last T20I20 October 2023 v Chile
Career statistics
Competition T20I T20
Matches 17 17
Runs scored 42 42
Batting average 6.00 6.00
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 25* 25*
Balls bowled 325 325
Wickets 29 29
Bowling average 13.10 13.10
5 wickets in innings 1 1
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 6/18 6/18
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 October 2023

Fennell was head coach of a Cricket Sin Fronteras (Cricket Without Borders) cricket team from Buenos Aires that went to Rome in 2017 to play against St Peter’s Cricket Club; there they had an audience with Pope Francis. The project began in 2009 and offers alternatives to violence and crime for young people in at-risk neighborhoods; almost 800 boys and girls, aged between six and twenty, were learning to play cricket in 2017.[6][7] In 2019 Fennell continues as head coach and participants exceed 1500. Besides being a Level II Coach certified by the West Indies Cricket Board Fennell is a physical education teacher, with a high performance sport registration.[8]

In September 2019, he was named in Argentina's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the men's tournament at the 2019 South American Cricket Championship. He made his T20I debut for Argentina, against Mexico, on 3 October 2019.[9]

In November 2021, he was named as the captain of Argentina's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.[10] On 10 November 2021, in Argentina's match against Panama, Fennell became the first bowler for Argentina to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[11]

References
  1. "Hernan Fennell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. "Belgrano 1st Division champions". Buenos Aires Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  3. "ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Argentina v Bahrain at St Clement, Jul 21, 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. "South American Men's Championships 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  5. "2019 Men's South American Championships all set for a historic 16th edition". Czarsportz. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. Hitchen, Philippa (18 October 2017). "Pope Francis meets with young cricketers from Buenos Aires". Vatican News. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  7. ""Cricket sin Fronteras" jugará en Roma un partido por la inclusión" (in Spanish). Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  8. "Inicio - Nuestro Equipo" (in Spanish). Cricket Sin Fronteras. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  9. "1st Match, South American Men's Championships at Cortijo Polo Club Pitch A, Oct 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  10. "Argentina and Belize squads announced for T20 World Cup Americas qualifiers in Antigua". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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