Alan James Coleman (born 13 December 1983,

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) is an English cricket administrator. He is the current

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Director of Cricket

Coaching career
In October 2021 he was appointed interim head coach of Middlesex following the removal of Stuart Law. He was appointed as the club's first Head of Men's Performance Cricket in November 2021 before his promotion to Director of Cricket on 11 November 2022

He has also coached the Middlesex Cricket Academy and the Middlesex 2nd XI. Playing career
Coleman represented

, the Middlesex Cricket Board and Dorset as a Batsman (cricket), right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his 1st XI debut for

in a

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match against

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in the 2001 Norwich Union League. He made two further appearances in that season's competition against

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and

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, while in the following season's competition he appeared once against

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. In his four List A appearances for Middlesex, he scored 29 runs with a high score of 14

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. With the ball, he bowled a total of 16.1 wicketless overs. Also during the 2002 season, Coleman played a single

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match each for

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against

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and the

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against the

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References

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