Andrew Fitz Donald Jackman (born 27 January 1963) is a former Guyanese

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er. Jackman was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

Georgetown, Guyana Georgetown is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica, region 4, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Demerara River. It is nicknamed the "Garden City of the Caribbean." It is t ...

. Jackman made his first-class debut for

Demerara Demerara ( nl, Demerary, ) is a historical region in the Guianas, on the north coast of South America, now part of the country of Guyana. It was a colony of the Dutch West India Company between 1745 and 1792 and a colony of the Dutch state fro ...

against

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in the 1981/82 West Indian cricket season. From the 1981/82 season to the 1989/90 season, he represented Demerara in 7 first-class matches. He also played first-class cricket for

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, representing the team in 28 first-class matches between the 1981/82 season and the 1989/90 season, with his final first-class appearance for them against

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. As well as Demerara and Guyana, he also played a handful of first-class matches for West Indies B, West Indies Board President's XI and West Indies Under-23s. In his career total of 42 first-class matches, he scored 2,238 runs at a

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of 37.93, with 9 half centuries and 5

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and a high score of 125. In the field he took 25

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and with the ball he took 3 wickets at a

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of 16.33, with best figures of 2/25. It was for Guyana that he made his debut in

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in 1994 against

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. From the 1983/84 season to the 1990/91 season, he represented Guyana in 14 List A matches, the last of which came against Barbados. Jackman also played 4 List A matches West Indies B. He later represented the

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in List A matches, making his debut for the Board against

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in the

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. From 1999 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 List A matches, the last of which came against

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in the 1st round of the

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which was played in 2002.List A Matches played by Andrew Jackman
/ref> In total, Jackman played 22 career List A matches, during which he scored 466 runs at an average of 23.30, with 4 half centuries and a high score of 73, while in the field he took 9 catches.

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Andrew Jackman
at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackman, Andrew 1983 births Living people Cricketers from Georgetown, Guyana Demerara cricketers Guyanese cricketers Nottinghamshire Cricket Board cricketers Guyana cricketers Guyanese expatriate sportspeople in England