Alan Warner (cricketer)

Alan Warner (born May 12, 1957) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Warner's career saw him spend four years at Worcestershire, having represented them since 1980 in the Second XI Championship. All this was merely the lead-up to a distinguished twelve-year career with Derbyshire. Warner's first notable act as a cricketer was to impress team-mate Kim Barnett with a shocking bouncer and, with added time and consistency, Warner eventually worked his way into the Derbyshire team.

When Derbyshire won the 1990 Sunday League and the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup, Warner played some of the best games of his career, and in the latter, after a wretched season for the Peakites, Warner came up with his best bowling figures for the Derbyshire team in first-class cricket. A consistent player in upcoming years, Warner played just one match in 1996, after his 1995 benefit season only raised £15,000. Warner attempted to make a comeback at the age of 42, in 2000, but this did not come to fruition as once again he was to play just one game.

Warner was a tailending batsman for the Worcestershire side, but made it to the lower order with Derbyshire thanks to the closing pair of Martin Jean-Jacques and Ole Mortensen. Warner was on the winning 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup side with Derbyshire, as well as playing in the 1990 final.

External links

* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4710/4710.html Alan Warner] at Cricket Archive