Adrianus 'André' Petrus van Troost (born 2 October 1972 in Schiedam, South Holland) is a Dutch businessman and former cricketer.
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| Full name | Adrianus Petrus van Troost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1972 Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI shirt no. | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994/95 | Griqualand West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1998 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A right-arm fast bowler, van Troost represented his nation at the ICC Trophy level between 1990 and 1997, taking thirteen wickets in nine matches at a bowling average of 17.38.
Playing career
editVan Troost played for Somerset in English county cricket and Griqualand West in South African provincial cricket.
He took 3-27 for the Netherlands in their surprise victory against the West Indies in a limited-over match in 1991, his wickets including Richie Richardson and Jeff Dujon.[1]
Van Troost was an aggressive bowler: in 1995, whilst playing for Somerset, he bowled a bouncer to West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams, which resulted in Adams being hospitalised with a fractured cheekbone.[2] Just a week later, umpire Barry Dudleston ordered him out of the bowling attack for intimidatory bowling in a match against Kent.[3] On Test Match Special on 30 June 2010, Mark Butcher stated that at The Oval in around 1995 van Troost had bowled the fastest spell of bowling he had ever faced, describing the express Pakistani pace bowler Waqar Younis as looking like "a medium pace bowler by comparison".
Later career
editIn September 2008, van Troost was appointed as the chief executive of the Royal Dutch Cricket Association[4] but resigned less than five months later to resume his business career.[5] His career has included working for Procter & Gamble, Danone and Lely, where he was appointed as CEO in 2020.[6]
Family
editHis brother Luuk van Troost has also played cricket for the Netherlands.
References
edit- ^ "Netherlands v West Indies at Haarlem, 15 August 1991". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ Green, David (3 August 1995). "Somerset`s van Troost puts Adams in hospital". The Electronic Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2021 – via CricInfo.
- ^ "Van Troost barred for intimidation". The Independent. 10 August 1995. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "van Troost takes over as Netherlands CEO". CricInfo. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "van Troost quits as Netherlands CEO". CricInfo. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Alexander van der Lely to become chairman of the Supervisory Board" (Press release). Maassluis: Lely. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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