Alan Ward (cricketer)

Alan Ward
Personal information
Born (1947-08-10) 10 August 1947
Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsDavid Ward (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19661976Derbyshire
1971/72Border
1977–1978Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 5 163 119
Runs scored 40 928 259
Batting average 8.00 8.43 6.31
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 21 44 21*
Balls bowled 761 21,905 5,671
Wickets 14 460 143
Bowling average 32.35 22.81 24.45
5 wickets in innings 0 15 2
10 wickets in match 0 4 0
Best bowling 4/61 7/42 6/24
Catches/stumpings 3/– 51/– 23/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 June 2010

Alan Ward (born 10 August 1947) is an English former cricketer, who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team between 1969 and 1976. He played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club from 1966 to 1976, and for Leicestershire from 1977 to 1978. A fast right-arm bowler, he could, with more fortune, have been the perfect foil of his era for John Snow. Injury-plagued, and subject to great fluctuations in form, he never fulfilled his promise.