Full Name

Gareth Mark Andrew

Born

December 27, 1983, Yeovil, Somerset

Age

40y 83d

Nicknames

Gaz, Brad, Sobers

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Allrounder

Height

6ft

Education

Ansford Communtity School; Richard Huish College, Taunton

Gareth Andrew was a hot-and-cold allrounder for Worcestershire who began his career at his native Somerset in 2003 but who transferred to New Road four years later and established himself as a handy allrounder with his bustling medium-pace and hard-hitting lower-order batting. He became a Championship regular in 2008 and steadily improved his returns, breaking the 50-wicket barrier for the first time in 2011 with 52 at 29.71. But like most of the Worcestershire side, slumped in 2012 as the club were relegated.

He spent the winter of 2012-13 playing for Canterbury in New Zealand and made his maiden first-class century - 180 not out - against Auckland at Eden Park. Worcestershire will have been frustrated that he did not follow it up.

In one-day cricket, Andrew failed to make much impression with the bat, although he did make a maiden List A ton in 2010 - only his second 50-plus score. His bowling was not quite tight enough for the shorter format at his pace and knee and back injuries restricted his development and eventually caused Worcestershire to release him in 2015. He answered a Hampshire injury crisis on a match-by-match basis in 2016, acquitting himself respectably enough after he was summoned from Ombersley in the Birmingham League.

An oddity of his career was his promotion of the Mongoose bat, which was made up of a longer handle and shorter blade with more weight at the bottom of the bat. Criticism was easy to find when he recorded three consecutive ducks, but he compared it to a golf driver and presented it as essential in T20 cricket in particular. He hit five sixes as he blasted 66 of just 26 balls against Glamorgan in 40-over cricket. Briefly, his coach Steve Rhodes imagined him as an England contender if his explosive moments could happen more regularly.
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Gareth Andrew Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC96143182994180*23.95539455.50118--320
List A1228818132710418.95--13--420
T20s112802687165*16.12642135.66045840310

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC96-1303082322385/40-34.583.7954.7960
List A122-380939821115/315/3135.876.2734.3110
T20s11210518712670954/224/2228.108.5619.6100

Recent Matches of Gareth Andrew

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Oxfordshire vs Suffolk18 & 383/56 & 1/1105-Sep-2021TringOTHER
Oxfordshire vs Dorset20*4/29 & 3/4522-Aug-2021WimborneOTHER
Oxfordshire vs Berkshire405/39 & 3/3515-Aug-2021ThameOTHER
Oxfordshire vs Wiltshire7 & 15*4/36 & 1/2801-Aug-2021SalisburyOTHER
Oxfordshire vs Cheshire73 & 01/42 & 0/4025-Jul-2021BanburyOTHER

Photos of Gareth Andrew

Gareth Andrew picked up the prize wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara
Gareth Andrew swings down the ground
Gareth Andrew has Tom Heggelman lbw for a first-ball duck
Gareth Andrew bowls on his first Championship appearance of the season
Gareth Andrew, using the Mongoose bat, hit the first century of his career from 58 balls
Gareth Andrew lifts up Daryl Mitchell as they celebrate Rory Hamilton-Brown's dismissal