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Full name | Andrew McBlain Tennant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ayr, Scotland | 17 February 1966|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Tenners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996–2000 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNCricinfo,21 May 2014 |
Andrew McBlain Tennant (born 17 February 1966) is a former Scottish cricketer who played a number of matches for the Scottish national side. He has since served in a variety of coaching and administrative roles with Cricket Scotland,including as acting head coach for a period of time.
Born in Ayr and educated at Prestwick Academy, [1] Tennant first appeared for Scotland on a 1993–94 tour of Zimbabwe,having previously appeared regularly for a Scotland B team. [2] A left-arm orthodox spinner,he played two matches at List-A level,and a further three at first-class level. [3] His two List A matches came during the 1996 English season:one against Yorkshire in the Benson &Hedges Cup,in which he took 2/29 from ten overs,and the other against Durham in the NatWest Trophy,in which he went wicketless. [4] Tennant's matches at first-class level all came in the annual series against Ireland,in which he participated in 1996,1999,and 2000. [5] He took nine wickets in these matches –his best figures,3/28,came in the 1996 fixture,and included two stumpings by Alec Davies. [6] At club level,Tennant played for the Prestwick Cricket Club,which from 1999 played in the new Scottish National Cricket League (SNCL). [2]
Tennant was appointed Cricket Scotland's youth development manager in May 2004, [7] and served in the position until 2006,when he was replaced by Peter Steindl. [8] After Scotland's senior coach,Peter Drinnen,resigned in July 2007,he and Steindl took over the team on an interim basis,coaching the side at the 2007 World Twenty20. [9] [10] Steindl was permanently appointed to the position in December 2007, [11] while Tennant was named to the position of head of cricket,and also named coach of Scotland A. [12] He had previously become the first Scottish coach to gain a Level 4 coaching qualification from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). [13] In April 2014,as part of a reorganisation of Cricket Scotland that saw Grant Bradburn appointed head coach,Tennant was named director of cricket,in charge of "all strategic and operational cricketing matters". [14] [15]
In September 2022,he was appointed head coach of Sunrisers. [16]
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