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Full name Alastair Nigel Bressington
Born November 28, 1979, Bristol
Current age 28 years 315 days
Major teams Cardiff UCCE,Gloucestershire,Gloucestershire Cricket Board
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Brother - NS Bressington
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
9
9
6
125
58*
41.66
0
1
4
0
List A
9
7
1
144
54
24.00
0
1
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
9
970
584
17
4/36
34.35
3.61
57.0
0
0
List A
9
402
300
8
3/21
3/21
37.50
4.47
50.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
2000 - 2004
List A span
1999 - 2003
Profile
Alastair Bressington is one of a number of young, Bristol-born players on
the fringes of the first team, and made the most progress in 2001. The
22-year-old played five CricInfo Championhip matches, though he would likely
concede that this had much to do with the injury situation at the club. He
performed steadily throughout the season, bowling his seamers tightly and
with purpose. He possesses no real pace, but bowled economically.
Job security is not one of the perks for professional cricketers.
Bressington survived the annual cut of players, and will need a solid season
next year if he is to do so again. First team opportunities may not be so
easy to come by, and Bressington will do well to challenge James Averis (and
potentially Ben Gannon, Roger Sillence and Mark Hardinges) as fourth seamer
behind Mike Smith, Jon Lewis and Ian Harvey.
Bressington has youth on his side, and an improvement in his already
solid batting will help him continue to forge his place in the squad and in
the hearts and minds of the Gloucestershire cricketing public. (Sean Beynon,
Copyright CricInfo January 2001)
