Duncan Allan

Duncan Allan

Personal information
Full name	Duncan Iain Allan
Born	14 October 1991 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batting All-Rounder
International information
National side	Kenya
ODI debut	12 September 2011 v Netherlands
Last ODI	2–3 July 2013 v Scotland
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010-present	Kongonis
Career statistics
Competition ODI LA FC T20I Matches 5 8 4 10 Runs scored 71 91 127 86 Batting average 14.20 11.37 15.87 8.60 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 27 27 35 18 Balls bowled 112 154 240 56 Wickets 2 2 1 4 Bowling average 40.00 54.50 122.00 20.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 0 Best bowling 1/22 1/22 1/34 2/8 Catches/stumpings 1/- 1/- 2/0 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 November 2013

Duncan Iain Allan known as Duncan Allan (born 14 October 1991, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian-born Kenyan cricketer. An all-rounder and outstanding fielder, he is one of the greatest future and talented prospect for his national team, Kenya. Along with Seren Waters, Allan is expected to be part of the team that pulls Kenya from their prolonged slump following the brilliant 2003 Cricket World Cup campaign.^[1]

Career

Under-19

Allan was a consistent performer in the Under-19 circuit, including the African continental tournaments, the ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifier and the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He has contributed with both bat and ball, thus becoming the role of an "all-rounder".

In the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, Allan performed brilliantly with the bat and the ball in Kenya's otherwise hugely disappointing campaign: they failed to qualify for the tournament proper after finishing second from the bottom. However, Allan was a huge success story, finishing with 14 wickets with his medium pace and joint second highest run-scorer with 455 runs including two centuries, and winning the Player of the Tournament award. This prompted ESPN Cricinfo Magazine to pronounce him "a ray of hope in a Kenya side that doesn't had too much to smile about".^[2]

International

Consistent and all-round performances in the Under-19 Level earned Allan a Cricket Kenya central contract in September 2011.^[3]

He was selected ^[4] and made his international debut in the limited-overs match against Netherlands at Voorburg on 12 September 2011. He scored 27 off 44 balls on debut and took a wicket (of Tom de Grooth), while giving away 29 runs from 7 overs, currently his best-bowling figures in international level. The Dutch won by two wickets with one over spare.^[5][6]

In the next ODI, Allan scored just eight off 28 balls. In five overs, he gave away 22 runs while taking the wicket of Stephan Myburgh. Netherlands won by four wickets with 30 balls spare.^[7]

Domestic

Allan had played domestic cricket in tournaments like the East African Cup, the East Africa Elite League, the East African Premier League and the Sahara Elite League. He has played for Kenya Elite Team and has been playing for Kongonis in the Nairobi Club Ground since 2010.^[8] Allan currently gaining a lot of recognition from Queensland selectors with his all-round success playing for the South Brisbane Magpies.

Awards

Player of the Tournament

1. ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2011: Wickets: 14, Runs: 455

References

1. Biography cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2011
2. Della Penna, Peter. "Peter Della Penna on Duncan Allan". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
3. Kenyan youngsters rewarded with central contracts cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2011
4. Kenya forced to name weakened squad cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2011
5. ODI No.3192 cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2011
6. Intercontinental Cup: Netherlands down Kenya in close finish cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2011
7. ODI No.3193 cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2011
8. Kongonis Squad - East African Premier League, 2011/12 cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2011