{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Andy Cottam | fullname = Andrew Colin Cottam | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|7|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | club1 = Somerset | year1 = 1992–1996 | club2 = Derbyshire | year2 = 1995 | club3 = Devon | year3 = 1993–1998 | coachteam1 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 13 | runs1 = 153 | bat avg1 = 10.20 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 36 | deliveries1 = 1708 | wickets1 = 13 | bowl avg1 = 63.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/5 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 6 | runs2 = 24 | bat avg2 = 12.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 22* | deliveries2 = 290 | wickets2 = 1 | bowl avg2 = 193.00 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 1/45 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | date = 22 December 2015 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3499/3499.html CricketArchive }} '''Andrew Colin Cottam''' (born 14 July 1973 in Northampton, England) is an English cricket coach and former player. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. He played in 2 Under-19 Tests in 1992 and 13 first-class matches between 1992 and 1996. His father is the cricketer and coach Bob Cottam.
==Playing career== In 1990 Cottam started playing for Somerset Second XI and Devon. In 1992 he was selected for Under-19's tour of Pakistan and played in the Third Test and 2 one-day matches against Pakistan Under-19s. That summer he played in 6 County Championship matches for Somerset and in an Under-19 Test against Sri Lanka, when he took 4 wickets for 69 in the first innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/56/56323.html England Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s scorecard, Cricket Archive]</ref> However, in 1993 he failed to make the Somerset First XI, apart from a one-day match against Kent.
In 1994 he moved to Northants but did not play for the first team and he signed for Derbyshire in 1995. He played in 4 County Championship matches and in a university game and was released at the end of the season. He returned to Somerset, where his father was director of cricket, and played in 2 County Championship matches in 1996. He played for Somerset Second XI in 1997 and for Devon until 1999.
Although an economy as a bowler of under three per over in first-class cricket was acceptable, Cottam's bowling did not look like it would do more than take the occasional wicket and he was always a tail-end batsman, so his first-class career was inevitably a short one.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/3/3546.html Brief profile, Cricket Archive]</ref>
==Coaching career== Cottam moved to Australia after the conclusion of his playing career to take up a coaching appointment with the Western Australian Cricket Association, specialising in coaching spin bowling. In 2017 he was recruited by Cricket Indonesia to serve as head coach of its men's and women's national teams.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/20451694.man-jakarta-andy-cottam-interview/|title=Our man in Jakarta: the Andy Cottam interview|date=5 May 2018|access-date=12 September 2023|newspaper=Sidmouth Herald}}</ref> In 2021 he accepted an appointment at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, the country's national sports institute.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cricfrenzy.com/en/article/132876/Taibu,-Cottam-to-coach-at-BKSP|title=Taibu, Cottam to coach at BKSP|publisher=CricFrenzy|date=9 March 2021|access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>
In June 2023, Cottam was appointed head coach of the Hong Kong women's national cricket team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hkcricket.org/news/cricket-hong-kong-china-completes-appointments-of-high-performance-coaches|title=Cricket Hong Kong, China completes Appointments of High Performance Coaches|publisher=Cricket Hong Kong, China|date=2 June 2023|access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3499/3499.html Andy Cottam] at Cricket Archive
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