Ashley Wright (cricketer)
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Full name | Ashley Spencer Wright | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England | 21 October 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Luke Wright (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999-2001 | Leicestershire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2010 |
Ashley Spencer Wright (born 21 October 1980) is a former English cricketer. Wright played as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-pace.
Wright made his List-A debut for the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[1] From 1999 to 2001, he 3 List-A matches for the board, making his highest List-A career score of 112 against the Durham Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy.
Wright made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 2001 against the touring Pakistanis. Wright played 6 first-class matches for the county, with his final first-class match for Leicestershire coming against Surrey in the 2002 County Championship.[2] As well as playing first-class cricket for Leicestershire, Wright also played 9 List-A matches for the county from 2001 to 2002, with his last List-A match for the county coming against Worcestershire in the 2002 Norwich Union League.
In 2004, Wright played his final career List-A match in his only List-A appearance for Lincolnshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Glamorgan.[3] In 2005, he played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire.[4]
In January 2016, Wright was appointed director of cricket for the Guernsey Cricket Board (GCB), a position which includes the role of head coach of the Guernsey national team. He succeeded Nic Pothas.[5]
Family
Ashley's brother Luke Wright currently plays county cricket for Sussex and plays ODI and Twenty20 International cricket for England. Luke formerly played his county cricket for Leicestershire.
References
- ↑ List A Matches played by Ashley Wright
- ↑ First-Class Matches played by Ashley Wright
- ↑ List-A Record For Each Team by Ashley Wright
- ↑ Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ashley Wright
- ↑ (21 January 2016). "Guernsey cricket boss challenged by lack of coaching time" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
External links
- Ashley Wright at Cricinfo
- Ashley Wright at CricketArchive