Robert Andrew Pick (born 19 November 1963 in

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) is a former English

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, and is the former coach of the England Under-19 team and the Canadian national team. He is currently the ICC High Performance Manager for the Americas Region. An express-pace bowler, Pick played

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for

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. He made his first-class debut against

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in July

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, returning first-innings figures of 20-3-101-0. During this match he also made his

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debut in the

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, taking 1-56 from eight overs, his victim being

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. Pick's maiden first-class wicket finally arrived in the second innings of his third game, when he dismissed

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, but he ended the season with a dismal record of just seven first-class wickets. He received notoriety for his personal record pace of 95 mph. Pick had a better 1984 season, taking 25 wickets at an average of a shade under 31, and from then until

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he was a regular in the Nottinghamshire first team, amassing almost 750 wickets in all forms of the game. He helped Nottinghamshire to win the

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and the

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in 1987, taking 5-22 and winning the

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award in the semi-final of the latter against

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. His best years came in the early 1990s: after a winter in

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with

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during which he topped the bowling averages and helped Wellington to win the Shell Trophy, in

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he recorded his best bowling figures, 7-128 against

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, and that winter he travelled with the England A team, claiming 21 first-class wickets in

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at just 17 runs apiece, assisted by 10-84 in the first match of the tour. He continued his good form in the summer, taking a career best 67 wickets in the English season, and helping Nottinghamshire to win the Refuge Assurance League. He again toured with England A to the West indies and Bermuda, playing in two of the three Tests. His final England experience came in 1996 when he represented England in the Hong Kong Sixes. In

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, Pick hit his highest first-class score of 65 not out - batting at number ten - against

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, but by this time his playing days were numbered, and his last appearances came in the 1997 season. He went wicketless in his final first-class game, against Yorkshire, but in

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he signed off in style, with 3-17 in a ten-wicket hammering of

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in the

. He finished his playing career having been involved in teams that had won all the domestic honours. After retiring from top-level cricket, Pick played a handful of times for

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and

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before turning to coaching where he achieved his ECB Level 4 qualification, the games Elite Coaching Qualification. He coached the England Under-19 team in the 2004 & 2006 U-19 World Cup before being appointed by the Canadian Cricket Association in March 2006 to coach that country's national team in the run-up to the 2007 World Cup. Canada performed admirably against both England and New Zealand and scored over 200 in both games, the only Associate team to pass that figure. He also had two spells as Bowling Coach at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. After the World Cup both Pick and the Canadians tried to broker a deal for him to remain but in the end he returned to England, taking charge once again of the England Under-19 team to the 2008 ICC U19 World Cup. During his time as England U19 Coach he worked closely with Alistair Cook, Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan, amongst others and during this time he established a reputation as a leading Fast Bowling Coach. In 2009 he left the England set up to become ICC High Performance Manager for the Americas Region. Pick is the

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of David Millns, and the two played in the same Nottinghamshire team on a number of occasions.

References

Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire at Bristol, 12 August 1987

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England A v Southern Districts XI Tour Match 1990-1

Andy Pick appointed as Canada's coach

, 6 March 2006

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