Alan Hunt (New Zealand cricketer)
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| Full name | Alan James Hunt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1959 Dunedin, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1981/82–1992/93 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan James Hunt (born 27 September 1959) is a former New Zealand cricketer and current coach. He played 67 first-class and 37 List A matches for Auckland between 1980 and 1993.[1]
Hunt was a middle-order batsman and occasional off-spin bowler. His highest first-class score was 102 not out for Auckland against Otago in 1990–91.[2] In List A cricket his best performance was with the ball, when he took 5 for 27 off nine overs against Canterbury in 1985–86.[3] In January 1991 he captained the New Zealand Emerging Players team in a first-class match against the touring Sri Lankans.[4]
Hunt was the coach of Central Districts from 2010–11 to 2012–13; they won The Ford Trophy in 2011–12 and the Plunket Shield in 2012–13.[5] In 2013 he was appointed, along with Lance Cairns, as one of New Zealand Cricket's two high performance talent scouts.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alan Hunt". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Otago v Auckland 1990-91". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Canterbury v Auckland 1985-86". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "New Zealand Emerging Players v Sri Lankans 1990-91". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ Millmow, Jonathan (6 March 2013). "Hunt steps down as Central Districts coach". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Cairns and Hunt to identify future New Zealand players". ICC. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2023.