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Alan Shiell (born 25 April 1945) is a former Australian cricketer and newspaper reporter. He played in twenty-three first-class matches for South Australia between 1964 and 1967 but retired from an active cricket career he was twenty four. He then became a cricket reporter for The Advertiser in Adelaide, but later joined the also Adelaide-based The News. He is credited with having revealed the emergence of the World Series Cricket in 1977.

See also

• List of South Australian representative cricketers

References

1. "Alan Shiell". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. ^ "Alan Shiell - the man who didn't take Sir Don's batting grip advice". Mid-day. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
3. Sexton, p. 26.

Sources

• Sexton, M. (2017) Chappell's Last Stand, Affirm Press: Melbourne. ISBN 9781925584424

External links

• Alan Shiell at ESPNcricinfo

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