Alan Shiell

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Alan Shiell
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Born (1945-04-25) 25 April 1945 (age 78)
Adelaide, Australia
Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2020

Alan Shiell (born 25 April 1945) is a former Australian cricketer and newspaper reporter. He played in twenty-three first-class matches for South Australia between 1964 and 1967 [1] but retired from an active cricket career he was twenty four. [2] He then became a cricket reporter for The Advertiser in Adelaide, [2] but later joined the also Adelaide-based The News . [3] He is credited with having revealed the emergence of the World Series Cricket in 1977. [2]

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  1. "Alan Shiell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alan Shiell - the man who didn't take Sir Don's batting grip advice". Mid-day. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  3. Sexton, p. 26.

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