Adrianus Petrus van Troost (born 2 October 1972) is a Dutch businessman and former

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er. A right-arm

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, van Troost represented his nation at the

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level between 1990 and 1997, taking thirteen wickets in nine matches at a

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of 17.38.

Playing career

Van Troost played for

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in English

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and

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in South African provincial cricket. He took 3/27 for the

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in their surprise victory against the

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in a limited-over match in 1991, his wickets including

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and Jeff Dujon. Van Troost was an aggressive bowler: in 1995, whilst playing for Somerset, he bowled a

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batsman

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, which resulted in Adams being hospitalised with a fractured cheekbone. Just a week later, umpire Barry Dudleston ordered him out of the bowling attack for intimidatory bowling in a match against

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. On

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on 30 June 2010,

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stated that at

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in around 1995 van Troost had bowled the fastest spell of bowling he had ever faced, describing the express Pakistani pace bowler

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as looking like "a medium pace bowler by comparison".

Later career

In September 2008, van Troost was appointed as the chief executive of the

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but resigned less than five months later to resume his business career. His career has included working for

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and Lely, where he was appointed as CEO in 2020.

Family

His brother Luuk van Troost has also played cricket for the Netherlands.

References

1972 births Living people Dutch cricketers Somerset cricketers Griqualand West cricketers Sportspeople from Schiedam Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriates in South Africa Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Africa {{Netherlands-cricket-bio-stub