Israel / Players
Full name Adrian Vard
Born January 27, 1970, Dublin, Ireland
Current age 39 years 300 days
Major teams Israel, Netanya
A talkative and friendly character, Adrian is the player who is always encouraging his team. First capped in 1996, he played in the ICC Trophy in Malaysia. Since then he has improved his technique with hard work and coaching and has become a graceful middleorder batsman who is also a brilliant fielder. He plays for Netanya CC and has consistently been well placed in the national batting averages over the past few seasons. (Source ICA Annual 2001, used with permission)

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