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| Full name | Allan William Eastwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1979 Portlaoise, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Stretch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allan Eastwood is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut against The Netherlands on 11 August 2010 taking 4 wickets in the second innings. [1]
Eastwood is from Roscrea in County Tipperary and began his cricketing career at Ballyeighan C.C. In his teens and early twenties he was a key member of the Ballyeighan side that won a Middle A Cup, Middle B Cup and numerous Midland and South East Cups. When Ballyeighan failed to gain promotion to senior ranks due to their lack of facilities Eastwood moved to Pembroke C.C. in Dublin. [2]
After quickly establishing himself in Pembroke's first team Eastwood assumed the captaincy for the 2010 season. Impressing the Irish selectors [3] with his action, pace and athleticism he was selected for the Ireland A side to play against the MCC at College Park, Trinity College, Dublin, on 3 August 2010. [4] In that match he did enough to impress the watching Ireland coach Phil Simmons and was called into the first team for the game against The Netherlands the following week. [5] In addition to his four wickets in the second innings, [5] Eastwood opened his first class account taking the wicket of Eric Szwarczynski [6] in the first innings. He is the second man from Roscrea to play for Ireland, the other being Harry Read over a century ago. [7]
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