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Brian Ward (born 28 February 1944) is an English former cricketer. He played for Essex between 1967 and 1972. He later represented Argentina.

Ward played seven seasons for Essex, usually as an opening batsman. He made his highest score against Nottinghamshire in 1970, when he batted five and three-quarter hours for 164 not out and added an unbroken 208 for the third wicket with Keith Fletcher. His most successful season was 1971, when he scored 968 first-class runs at an average of 27.65. Wisden commented at the time that he had made a "notable advance" and "served the side well by patient methods". After the 1972 season, when he "was responsible for some stern but nevertheless helpful displays", he left first-class cricket.

Later Ward spent some time in Argentina, coaching and playing cricket. He represented the country at the inaugural ICC Trophy in England in 1979, but without personal or team success. He married an Argentine woman and moved to Uruguay.

References

1. "Brian Ward". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. "Nottinghamshire v Essex 1970". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Brian Ward". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
4. Wisden 1972, p. 381.
5. Wisden 1973, p. 374.
6. "ICC Trophy 1979". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
7. Timothy Abraham & James Coyne, Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey Through Latin America, Little, Brown, London, 2021.

External links

• Brian Ward at ESPNcricinfo
• Brian Ward at CricketArchive (subscription required)

• 1944 births
• Living people
• English cricketers
• Essex cricketers
• Cricketers from Chelmsford