Actonians Cricket Club

Oliver West profile

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  • Proclaims to be "Old A's 'till he dies", although this assertion is dubious in the light of his cunning tactic of playing one game a season in the hope the selectors forget he's ageing and still see him as the bright young prospect he was when he captained the Under 11's and Under 15's to historic district cup victories in 1998 and 2002 respectively; thus they still stick him in the first team whenever he deigns to grace the shores of England. This is a strategy that has worked until now as his annual explosive fifty-ball 80 against balding 60-year old part-time pie-chuckers in cricket week seems to be sufficient to convince the cricketing intelligentsia of the club to overlook the fact that his beer belly is in danger of outdoing his uncle's. Is currently in Colombia selflessly aiding his beloved A's through the economic crisis by halving its tea bills. Considering whether the lack of London Pride in the Bogota CC pavillion is reason enough to pack in his ultimate life ambition of being a journalist reporting on second division Latin American football. Former known as a destructive right-handed number 6 batsman and intimidating first-change bowler. The comparisons with Andrew Flintoff don't stop there as during his sabbatical he has also had embarrassing drunken moments in the Caribbean. Have the pair ever been seen in the same room? Greatest cricketing moment: Creaming the promising young bowling quartet of Kevin Mahoney, Duncan Slaughter, Steve Greenwood and Steve Smith all around the ground for a maiden (and needless to say only) century.

  • Awards

    2nd XI Players Player - 2011, Charles Hook Young Player of the Year - 2002, Colt of the Year Award - 2004

Performance Details

Batting and fielding history
SeasonTeamMatchesInningsNORunsHSAverage4s6s100s50sCatchesStumpings
 Total 14213422258210523.05978116340
123
 Page 1 of 3, items 1 to 20 of 43.
Season: 2021
 All teams109340910568.172131300
Season: 2019
 All teams221444.00100000
Season: 2018
 All teams881934713.291210020
Season: 2017
 All teams6631505650.00600230
Season: 2015
 All teams5501477829.402010130
Season: 2014
 All teams220262513.00000000
Season: 2013
 All teams3311155.50000010
Season: 2012
 All teams212043495521.8129202100

Bowling history
SeasonMatchesOversMaidensRunsWicketsBest Bowling5WAverageEconomy
Total69328.4311543544 - 6028.574.69
2021518.045764 - 609.503.17
2019316.008143 - 46020.255.06
2018416.008111 - 22081.005.06
2017418.026821 - 15034.003.78
201411.00600 - 600.006.00
201315.012311 - 23023.004.60
20121252.0623082 - 16028.754.42
2011612.517121 - 3035.505.53
2010316.009131 - 19030.335.69
2005416.035642 - 11014.003.50
2004641.0320994 - 24023.225.10
20031372.5434882 - 1043.504.78
2002640.0719862 - 29033.004.95
200114.002400 - 2400.006.00
Photos and video of Oliver West

2017

Back: Oliver West, Abhay Nakhare, Andrew Maben, Charlie Price, Tushar Pathak, Keir Smith , Richard Thistlethwaite (Umpire) Front: Piradeepan Sivanathan, David Whear, Nathan Mehaffy (Captain), Andrew Spinks, Asif Qamar