Alastair Bressington
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Bristol, England
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| Full name | Alastair Nigel Bressington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1979 Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Nathan Bressington (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000 | Gloucestershire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alastair Nigel Bressington (born 28 November 1979) is a former English cricketer and rugby union player. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Bressington was born in Bristol, and he was educated at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
Bressington played for Gloucestershire between 2000 and 2004, participating extensively in Minor Counties trophy and Second XI Championship matches for the team from 1998 to 2004, and playing in the Second XI trophy, making several appearances in the group stages of the competition between 1999 and 2004.
Bressington also participated in nine first-class and nine List A matches for the county, averaging 41.66 and 24.00 with the bat and 34.35 and 37.50 with the ball respectively.
In August 2004 Bressington was called up as twelfth man for England. Upon Graham Thorpe breaking his finger, he was called upon to field for 74 overs and even caught West Indian wicket-keeper Carlton Baugh off the bowling of Steve Harmison.