Adrianus 'André' Petrus van Troost (born 2 October 1972 in
Schiedam
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,
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) is a
Dutch
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businessman and former
cricket
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er.
A right-arm
fast bowler
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van Troost represented his nation at
ICC Trophy
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level between 1990 and 1997, taking thirteen wickets in nine matches at the
bowling average
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of 17.38.
Playing career
Van Troost played for
Somerset
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in
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county cricket and
Griqualand West
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in
South Africa
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n provincial cricket.
Van Troost took 3-27 for the
Netherlands
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in their surprise victory against the
West Indies
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in a
limited-over match in 1991, his wickets including
Richie Richardson
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and
Jeff Dujon
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He was the wicket-keeper for the West Indies cricket team of the 1980s, an athletic presence behind the stumps as well as a competent mid ...
.
Van Troost was an aggressive bowler: in 1995, whilst playing for Somerset, he bowled a
bouncer
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to
West Indies
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batsman
Jimmy Adams
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, which resulted in Adams being hospitalised with a fractured cheekbone. Just a week later, umpire
Barry Dudleston
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ordered him out of the bowling attack for intimidatory bowling in a match against
Kent
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. On
Test Match Special
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on 30 June 2010
Mark Butcher
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stated that at
The Oval
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in around 1995 van Troost had bowled the fastest spell of bowling he had ever faced, describing
Waqar Younis
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as looking like "a medium pace bowler by comparison".
Later career
In September 2008, van Troost was appointed as the chief executive of the
Royal Dutch Cricket Association
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but resigned less than five months later to resume his business career. His career has included working for
Procter & Gamble
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,
Danone
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and
Lely, where he was appointed as CEO in 2020.
Family
His brother
Luuk van Troost
Lucas ("Luuk") Petrus van Troost (born 28 December 1969) is a former Dutch cricketer, who captained the national team. He usually batted between no. 6 and no. 8 in the order, and when in form scored quickly with his hard hitting, while his bowli ...
has also played cricket for the Netherlands.
References
1972 births
Living people
Dutch cricketers
Somerset cricketers
Griqualand West cricketers
Sportspeople from Schiedam
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Dutch expatriates in South Africa
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
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