Iain Anderson
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Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English
cricket
er who played for Derbyshire
from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland
, South Africa in 1983/84.
A Derby
native, Anderson accrued three Youth Test match appearances between 1978 and 1979, as an opening batsman, and one Youth ODI appearance, against Australia
in the winter of 1979.
Anderson's first-class cricketing career started for Derbyshire in the 1978 season
, finishing not-out in his first innings of a drawn match against Northamptonshire
and taking one wicket in Northamptonshire's innings. He played consistently through to the beginning of the 1980s, and in the 1981 season
featured in a match against the touring Australians
, taking four wickets in a drawn game in June 1981.
Anderson played well into the 1983 season before moving in the Autumn of 1983 to South Africa to play for Boland to play in the Castle Bowl. He found himself back in England at the end of the Castle Bowl tournament, playing in the 1984 County Championship, where he continued for the next three years.
Anderson was a right-handed batsman and played 225 innings in 140 first class matches with an average of 23.86 and a top score of 112. He played as an opening batsman throughout his career, both in international and domestic cricket in both England and South Africa. He was a right-arm off-break bowler and took 22 first class wickets at an average of 61.63 and a best performance of 4-35.
Anderson retired at the end of the 1987 season, having served the Derbyshire team for eight years.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland
Boland Cricket
The Boland cricket team is based in the Boland region of Western Cape province in South Africa.-Club history:The team began as Boland in October 1980...
, South Africa in 1983/84.
A Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
native, Anderson accrued three Youth Test match appearances between 1978 and 1979, as an opening batsman, and one Youth ODI appearance, against Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
in the winter of 1979.
Anderson's first-class cricketing career started for Derbyshire in the 1978 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1978
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1978 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and seven years. They reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Cup. In the County Championship, they won three matches to finish fourteenth in their seventy fourth...
, finishing not-out in his first innings of a drawn match against Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
and taking one wicket in Northamptonshire's innings. He played consistently through to the beginning of the 1980s, and in the 1981 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1981
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1981 represents cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and ten years. It was the season when they won National Westminster Bank Trophy. They won ten matches in the John Player League to finish fourth...
featured in a match against the touring Australians
Australian cricket team in England in 1981
The tour by the Australian cricket team in England in 1981 included the 51st Ashes series of Test matches between Australia and England. Despite having been 1–0 down after two Tests, England won the next three Tests to finish 3–1 victors , thus retaining the Ashes...
, taking four wickets in a drawn game in June 1981.
Anderson played well into the 1983 season before moving in the Autumn of 1983 to South Africa to play for Boland to play in the Castle Bowl. He found himself back in England at the end of the Castle Bowl tournament, playing in the 1984 County Championship, where he continued for the next three years.
Anderson was a right-handed batsman and played 225 innings in 140 first class matches with an average of 23.86 and a top score of 112. He played as an opening batsman throughout his career, both in international and domestic cricket in both England and South Africa. He was a right-arm off-break bowler and took 22 first class wickets at an average of 61.63 and a best performance of 4-35.
Anderson retired at the end of the 1987 season, having served the Derbyshire team for eight years.