# Andy Pick

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English cricketer and coach

Personal information Full name Robert Andrew Pick Born (1963-11-19) 19 November 1963 (age 62) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Batting Left-handed Bowling Right-arm fast-medium Domestic team information Years Team 1983–1997 Nottinghamshire 1989/90 Wellington 1998 Cambridgeshire 1999 Huntingdonshire Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 195 204 Runs scored 2,259 631 Batting average 14.96 17.05 100s/50s –/5 –/1 Top score 65* 58* Balls bowled 30,238 10,219 Wickets 495 242 Bowling average 33.24 31.92 5 wickets in innings 16 2 10 wickets in match 3 – Best bowling 7/128 5/22 Catches/stumpings 50/– 39/– Source: Cricinfo, 15 June 2022

**Robert Andrew Pick** (born 19 November 1963 in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham)) is a former English [cricketer](/source/Cricketer), and is the former coach of the [England Under-19 team](/source/English_U-19_cricket_team) and the [Canadian national team](/source/Canadian_cricket_team). He is currently the ICC High Performance Manager for the Americas Region.

An express-pace bowler, Pick played [county cricket](/source/County_cricket) for [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club). He made his [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) debut against [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) in July [1983](/source/1983_English_cricket_season), returning first-innings figures of [20-3-101-0](/source/Bowling_analysis). During this match he also made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut in the [John Player League](/source/John_Player_League), taking 1-56 from eight overs, his victim being [Mark Nicholas](/source/Mark_Nicholas). Pick's maiden first-class wicket finally arrived in the second innings of his third game, when he dismissed [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club)'s [Martyn Moxon](/source/Martyn_Moxon), but he ended the season with a dismal record of just seven first-class wickets. He received notoriety for his personal record pace of 95 mph.

Pick had a better [1984 season](/source/1984_English_cricket_season), taking 25 wickets at an average of a shade under 31, and from then until [1995](/source/1995_English_cricket_season) he was a regular in the Nottinghamshire first team, amassing almost 750 wickets in all forms of the game. He helped Nottinghamshire to win the [County Championship](/source/1987_County_Championship) and the [NatWest Trophy](/source/1987_NatWest_Trophy) in 1987, taking 5-22 and winning the [man of the match](/source/Man_of_the_match) award in the semi-final of the latter against [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_CCC).[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Pick#endnote_NatWest) His best years came in the early 1990s: after a winter in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) with [Wellington](/source/Wellington_cricket_team) during which he topped the bowling averages and helped Wellington to win the Shell Trophy, in [1990](/source/1990_English_cricket_season) he recorded his best bowling figures, 7-128 against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club), and that winter he travelled with the [England A team](/source/England_A_cricket_team), claiming 21 first-class wickets in [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka) at just 17 runs apiece, assisted by 10-84 in the first match of the tour.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Pick#endnote_SriLanka) He continued his good form in the summer, taking a career best 67 wickets in the English season, and helping Nottinghamshire to win the [Refuge Assurance League](/source/1991_Refuge_Assurance_League). He again toured with England A to the West indies and Bermuda, playing in two of the three Tests. His final England experience came in 1996 when he represented England in the [Hong Kong Sixes](/source/Hong_Kong_Sixes).

In [1994](/source/1994_English_cricket_season), Pick hit his highest first-class score of 65 not out - batting at number ten - against [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club), but by this time his playing days were numbered, and his last appearances came in the [1997 season](/source/1997_English_cricket_season). He went wicketless in his final first-class game, against Yorkshire, but in [one-day cricket](/source/One-day_cricket) he signed off in style, with 3-17 in a [ten-wicket hammering](/source/The_result_in_cricket) of [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [NatWest Trophy](/source/NatWest_Trophy). He finished his playing career having been involved in teams that had won all the domestic honours.

After retiring from top-level cricket, Pick played a handful of times for [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Huntingdonshire](/source/Huntingdonshire_County_Cricket_Club) before turning to coaching where he achieved his ECB Level 4 qualification, the games Elite Coaching Qualification. He coached the [England Under-19 team](/source/English_U-19_cricket_team) in the [2004 & 2006 U-19 World Cup](/source/2006_U-19_Cricket_World_Cup) before being appointed by the [Canadian Cricket Association](/source/Canadian_Cricket_Association) in March 2006 [\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Pick#endnote_CanadianCoach) to coach that country's national team in the run-up to the [2007 World Cup](/source/2007_Cricket_World_Cup). Canada performed admirably against both England and New Zealand and scored over 200 in both games, the only Associate team to pass that figure. He also had two spells as Bowling Coach at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.

After the World Cup both Pick and the Canadians tried to broker a deal for him to remain but in the end he returned to England, taking charge once again of the England Under-19 team to the 2008 ICC U19 World Cup. During his time as England U19 Coach he worked closely with Alistair Cook, Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan, amongst others and during this time he established a reputation as a leading Fast Bowling Coach. In 2009 he left the England set up to become ICC High Performance Manager for the Americas Region.

Pick is the [brother-in-law](/source/Brother-in-law) of [David Millns](/source/David_Millns), and the two played in the same Nottinghamshire team on a number of occasions.

## References

1. **[^](#ref_NatWest)** [Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire at Bristol, 12 August 1987](http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1987/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/GLOUCS_NOTTS_NWT_12AUG1987.html): [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

1. **[^](#ref_SriLanka)** [England A v Southern Districts XI Tour Match 1990-1](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-a-tour-of-sri-lanka-1990-91-264093/southern-districts-xi-vs-england-a-tour-match-470001/full-scorecard): [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

1. **[^](#ref_CanadianCoach)** [Andy Pick appointed as Canada's coach](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/canada/content/current/story/239786.html): [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo), 6 March 2006

## External links

- [Andy Pick](https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18529.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

- [Statistical summary](http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4586/4586.html) from CricketArchive

v t e Canada squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 3 Billcliff 4 Bhatti 6 Chumney 7 G. Codrington 9 Davison (c) 10 Bagai 15 A. Codrington 17 Osinde 21 A. Samad 23 Dhaniram 25 Sandher 77 Ali 80 Mulla 84 Barnett 99 Cummins Coach: Pick

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