Steve Andrew

Stephen Jon Walter Andrew (born 27 January 1966) is an English former cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played county cricket at first-class level for Hampshire and Essex, and minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire, in a career that spanned from 1984 to 2000. In 132 first-class appearances, he took over 300 wickets, while in 91 List A one-day matches, he took nearly 100 wickets.

Cricket career Hampshire Andrew was born in Marylebone in January 1966. He was a gifted violinist as a child, but gave up pursuing music to concentrate on a career as a professional cricketer. Having played second eleven cricket for Hampshire in 1983, Andrew was retained ahead of the 1984 season. He made his first team debut for Hampshire in mid-May in a List A one-day match against Surrey at The Oval in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup, earning man-of-the-match with figures of 3 for 12. with him taking 4 for 30 in Sussex's first innings. During his debut season, he made seven first-class appearances, taking 11 wickets with his right-arm medium-fast bowling at an average of 48.18; in eleven one-day matches, he took 12 wickets at an average of 30.33.

The following season, Andrew took 30 first-class wickets at an average of 33.06; He played infrequently in the 1986 season, making seven first-class appearances and taking 14 wickets at an average of 29.92. In six one-day appearances in 1987, he took 8 wickets at an average of 26.75; In 1988, he took 31 first-class wickets from 11 matches at an average of 24.67; In one-day cricket in 1988, Hampshire were victorious in the Benson & Hedges Cup, with Andrew playing in the final against Derbyshire at Lord's. Playing in 17 one-day matches during the season,

Essex In his first season at Essex, Andrew made 18 first-class appearances, He also made five one-day appearances, but missed the start of the season upon his return after tripping over his cat and injuring his shoulder. He returned to Essex's County Championship team in June, making ten first-class appearances and taking 24 wickets at an average of 35.37. and 7 for 69 against Glamorgan at Cardiff in September. He also played in ten one-day matches during the season, with Andrew making only six first-class appearances during the season, that persisted into May. He returned to the Essex side in mid-May, playing in a first-class match against Cambridge University; he made one County Championship appearance in June, He made three first-class and two one-day appearances in the 1997 season,

Hertfordshire After leaving Essex, Andrew began playing club cricket for Hertford in 1998, taking 31 wickets at an average of 14.32. In the same year he began playing minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire, and appeared in both the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The following season, he played for Hertfordshire in the first three rounds of the NatWest Trophy, in which they defeated the Leicestershire Cricket Board and the Sussex Cricket Board's in the first and second rounds respectively, before losing to Lancashire.

Playing style and statistics Andrew was a right-arm medium-fast bowler. A lower-order batsman, For Essex, he made 75 first-class appearances, taking 170 wickets at an average of 37.81, with three five wicket hauls. He took 52 one-day wickets at an average of 32.05 for Essex, from 51 matches.