Alan Coleman (cricketer)

This article is about the English cricketer and coach. For the Australia screenwriter, producer and director, see Alan Coleman.

Alan James Coleman (born 13 December 1983, Ashford, Middlesex) is an English cricket administrator.

Alan Coleman

Personal information
Full name	Alan James Coleman
Born	(1983-12-13) 13 December 1983 (age 41) Ashford, Middlesex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002	Middlesex Cricket Board
2002	Dorset
2001–2002	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition List A Matches 4 Runs scored 29 Batting average – 100s/50s –/– Top score 14* Balls bowled 97 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 November 2011

He is the current Middlesex Director of Cricket.^[1]

Coaching career

In October 2021 he was appointed interim head coach of Middlesex following the removal of Stuart Law.

He was appointed as the club's first Head of Men's Performance Cricket in November 2021 before his promotion to Director of Cricket on 11 November 2022.^[1]

He has also coached the Middlesex Cricket Academy and the Middlesex 2nd XI.

Playing career

Coleman represented Middlesex, the Middlesex Cricket Board and Dorset as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

He made his 1st XI debut for Middlesex in a List A match against Sussex in the 2001 Norwich Union League.

He made two further appearances in that season's competition against Hampshire and Glamorgan, while in the following season's competition he appeared once against Gloucestershire.^[2] In his four List A appearances for Middlesex, he scored 29 runs with a high score of 14 not out.^[3] With the ball, he bowled a total of 16.1 wicketless overs.^[4]

Also during the 2002 season, Coleman played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match each for Dorset against Devon and the Middlesex Cricket Board against the Northamptonshire Cricket Board.^[5]