Adrian Birrell
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Adrian Victor "Adi" Birrell (born 8 December 1960 in Grahamstown, Cape Province) is a South African cricket coach and former first class cricketer. A leg break bowler, Birrell took 75 wickets at 30.16 in his career for Eastern Province, before turning to coaching.
He was educated at St Andrew's College in Grahamstown.[1]
He led Ireland in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup where they reached the Super Eight Stage. In the tournament they beat two Test nations, Bangladesh and Pakistan as well as achieving a tie against Zimbabwe. He stepped down after the World Cup and was replaced as Ireland coach by Phil Simmons, but he continued to coach in Ireland.[2] In 2013 he was appointed assistant national coach for South Africa.[3] On 14 December 2018, Birrell was appointed first team manager at Hampshire County Cricket Club.[4]
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External links
- Adrian Birrell at Cricinfo
- Adrian Birrell at CricketArchive
- Matches and detailed statistics for Adrian Birrell
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- Living people
- South African cricket coaches
- Eastern Province cricketers
- South African cricketers
- Coaches of the Irish national cricket team
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
- Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
- Cricketers from Makhanda, Eastern Cape
- 20th-century South African sportsmen