Andrew McBlain Tennant (born 17 February 1966) is a former Scottish

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er who played a number of matches for the Scottish national side. He has since served in a variety of coaching and administrative roles with

Cricket Scotland Cricket Scotland, formerly known as the Scottish Cricket Union, is the governing body of the sport of cricket in Scotland. The body is based at the National Cricket Academy, Edinburgh. The SCU was formed in 1908, but underwent a major restru ...

, including as acting head coach for a period of time. Born in

Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area and the historic Shires of Scotlan ...

and educated at

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, Tennant first appeared for Scotland on a 1993–94 tour of Zimbabwe, having previously appeared regularly for a Scotland B team.Miscellaneous matches played by Andy Tennant
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2014. A left-arm orthodox spinner, he played two matches at

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level, and a further three at first-class level. His two List A matches came during the 1996 English season: one against

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in the Benson & Hedges Cup, in which he took 2/29 from ten overs, and the other against

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in the

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, in which he went wicketless. Tennant's matches at first-class level all came in the annual series against

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, in which he participated in 1996, 1999, and 2000. He took nine wickets in these matches – his best figures, 3/28, came in the 1996 fixture, and included two stumpings by

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. At club level, Tennant played for the Prestwick Cricket Club, which from 1999 played in the new

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(SNCL). Tennant was appointed Cricket Scotland's youth development manager in May 2004, and served in the position until 2006, when he was replaced by Peter Steindl. After Scotland's senior coach,

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, resigned in July 2007, he and Steindl took over the team on an interim basis, coaching the side at the

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. Steindl was permanently appointed to the position in December 2007, while Tennant was named to the position of head of cricket, and also named coach of Scotland A. He had previously become the first Scottish coach to gain a Level 4 coaching qualification from the

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(ECB). In April 2014, as part of a reorganisation of Cricket Scotland that saw Grant Bradburn appointed head coach, Tennant was named director of cricket, in charge of "all strategic and operational cricketing matters". In September 2022, he was appointed head coach of Sunrisers.

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