14 Facts About Alan Igglesden

Alan Paul Igglesden was an English Test cricketer.

Alan Igglesden played three Test matches and four One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1989 and 1994 as a fast bowler.

Alan Igglesden played most of his first-class cricket career for Kent County Cricket Club, taking 592 wickets for the club.

Alan Igglesden first played for Kent County Cricket Club's Second XI in 1983 before making his first-class cricket debut for the county in July 1986 against Somerset at Maidstone.

Alan Igglesden went on to play for Kent until August 1998, making 283 appearances for the Kent First XI and taking 592 first-class and List A wickets.

Alan Igglesden took 50 first-class wickets in a season for Kent four times and recorded 19 five wicket hauls and two ten wicket matches for the county; in 1989 he took 90 wickets for Kent in 42 matches and was awarded his county cap.

Alan Igglesden played in South Africa for Western Province and Boland and finished his county career by appearing for Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1999.

Alan Igglesden made his international debut for England in the final Test of the 1989 Ashes series.

England manager, Micky Stewart, described Alan Igglesden as being England's "seventeenth-choice" pace bowler.

In 1993, Alan Igglesden was picked for the first Test, again against Australia, and it appeared he may have had a few games to prove his worth.

Alan Igglesden suffered a seizure whilst playing for Berkshire in 1999 and, after a routine MRI scan, doctors discovered a non-malignant but inoperable brain tumour.

Alan Igglesden was treated with radiotherapy and drugs which initially led to a significant reduction in the size of the tumour.

Alan Igglesden has taught at Sutton Valence School in Kent and later at Apperley Bridge in Yorkshire.

Alan Igglesden died on 1 November 2021, at the age of 57.