Adrian Birrell
South African cricketer and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adrian Victor "Adi" Birrell (born 8 December 1960 in Grahamstown, Cape Province) is a South African cricket coach and former first class cricketer. A leg break bowler, Birrell took 75 wickets at 30.16 in his career for Eastern Province, before turning to coaching.
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| Full name | Adrian Victor Birrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1960 Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Harry Birrell (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Country Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1997 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1997 | Eastern Province B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was educated at St Andrew's College in Grahamstown.[1]
He led Ireland in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup where they reached the Super Eight Stage. In the tournament they beat two Test nations, Bangladesh and Pakistan as well as achieving a tie against Zimbabwe. He stepped down after the World Cup and was replaced as Ireland coach by Phil Simmons, but he continued to coach in Ireland.[2] In 2013 he was appointed assistant national coach for South Africa.[3] On 14 December 2018, Birrell was appointed first team manager at Hampshire County Cricket Club.[4]
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