Ashley Wright | |
Country: | Guernsey |
International: | true |
Fullname: | Ashley Spencer Wright |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1980 |
Birth Place: | Grantham, Lincolnshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right arm medium |
Family: | Luke Wright (brother) |
Club1: | Staffordshire |
Year1: | 2005 |
Club2: | Lincolnshire |
Year2: | 2004 |
Club3: | Leicestershire |
Year3: | 2001–2002 |
Club4: | Leicestershire Cricket Board |
Year4: | 1999-2001 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 6 |
Runs1: | 124 |
Bat Avg1: | 13.77 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 30 |
Deliveries1: | - |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Column2: | LA |
Matches2: | 13 |
Runs2: | 259 |
Bat Avg2: | 32.37 |
100S/50S2: | 1/1 |
Top Score2: | 112 |
Deliveries2: | 36 |
Wickets2: | - |
Bowl Avg2: | - |
Fivefor2: | - |
Tenfor2: | - |
Best Bowling2: | - |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 2/ - |
T20idebutdate: | 31 May |
T20idebutyear: | 2019 |
T20idebutagainst: | Jersey |
T20icap: | 11 |
Lastt20idate: | 19 June |
Lastt20iyear: | 2019 |
Lastt20iagainst: | Norway |
Date: | 19 June 2019 |
Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22533.html ESPNcricinfo |
Ashley Spencer Wright (born 21 October 1980) is an English cricketer.[1] Wright played as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-pace. He later went on to represent the Guernsey cricket team. He is currently serving as the batting coach for Pakistan Super League franchise Islamabad United.
Wright made his List-A debut for the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[2] From 1999 to 2001, he 3 List-A matches for the board, making his highest List-A career score of 112 against the Durham Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy.
Wright made his first-class debut for Leicestershire in 2001 against the touring Pakistanis. Wright played 6 first-class matches for the county, with his final first-class match for Leicestershire coming against Surrey in the 2002 County Championship.[3] As well as playing first-class cricket for Leicestershire, Wright also played 9 List-A matches for the county from 2001 to 2002, with his last List-A match for the county coming against Worcestershire in the 2002 Norwich Union League.
In 2004, Wright played his final career List-A match in his only List-A appearance for Lincolnshire in the 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Glamorgan.[4] In 2005, he played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Staffordshire against Bedfordshire.[5]
In January 2016, Wright was appointed director of cricket for the Guernsey Cricket Board (GCB), a position which includes the role of head coach of the Guernsey national team. He succeeded Nic Pothas.[6]
In May 2019, he was named in Guernsey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Guernsey against Jersey on 31 May 2019.[7] The same month, he was named in Guernsey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[8]
He retired from international cricket after in 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup.[9]
Ashley's brother Luke Wright currently plays county cricket for Sussex and plays ODI and Twenty20 International cricket for England. Luke formerly played his county cricket for Leicestershire. He is from Redmile.[10]