Alastair Storie | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1965 |
Birth Place: | Bishopbriggs |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 55 |
Runs1: | 1,720 |
Bat Avg1: | 23.24 |
100S/50S1: | 2/7 |
Top Score1: | 106 |
Deliveries1: | 462 |
Wickets1: | 3 |
Bowl Avg1: | 76.66 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 1/17 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 36/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 34 |
Runs2: | 719 |
Bat Avg2: | 27.65 |
100S/50S2: | 0/7 |
Top Score2: | 97 |
Deliveries2: | 7 |
Wickets2: | 0 |
Bowl Avg2: | – |
Fivefor2: | – |
Tenfor2: | – |
Best Bowling2: | – |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 7/– |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10764/10764.html CricketArchive |
Date: | 3 February |
Year: | 2023 |
Alastair Caleb Storie (born 25 July 1965) is a former Scottish cricketer who has played first-class and List A cricket for Scotland and for several teams in England and South Africa.[1]
A right-handed batsman, Storie played cricket in England with both Warwickshire and Northamptonshire as well as a season in South Africa with Free State. In total, he played 55 first class and 34 List A matches. He was the first Northamptonshire batsman to score a century on first-class debut. He also scored a century in his final first-class appearance (for Scotland). In 1988, Storie took 5 catches in an innings while playing for Warwickshire against Leicestershire at Edgbaston.
After his professional cricket career Alastair Storie gained a BA in English & Sociology and taught English for 12 years. In 2012 he qualified as a Chartered Sport & Exercise Psychologist an worked as a consultant in private practice until 2022. Between 2008 and 2020 he also held teaching positions at various universities (Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Abertay, and Stirling). During his time as a psychologist he gained qualifications in both Counselling and Mindfulness, and in 2022 he retired from sport to focus on these aspects.