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==Cricket career== Andrew was also a talented [[cricket]]er, gaining a Cambridge blue for that sport as well,<ref name=bbc23nov16 /> and he made 17 [[first-class cricket]] appearances for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|the university cricket team]] in 1984 and 1985,<ref name=cafcseason>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27483/f_Batting_by_Season.html First-class batting and fielding in each season by Rob Andrew], CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2016.</ref> as well as playing five times for [[Combined Universities]] in [[one-day cricket]].<ref name=calateams>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27483/a_Batting_by_Team.html List A batting and fielding for each team by Rob Andrew], CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2016.</ref> A left-handed batsman and right arm off-break bowler, he made one first-class century,<ref name=bbc23nov16 /> scoring 101 [[not out]] against [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] in July 1984.<ref name=cafcseason /> Andrew also made a few appearances for the [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] Second XI,<ref name=bbc23nov16 /> and on one occasion dismissed future England captain [[Mike Atherton]] (then aged 17) for a [[duck (cricket)|duck]].<ref name=ci18oct17>Williamson M (2007) [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/315702.html Rugger buggers], [[CricInfo]], 18 October 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2016.</ref> In November 2016, Andrew was appointed chief executive of [[Sussex County Cricket Club]].<ref name=bbc23nov16>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/38072263 Rob Andrew: Sussex name ex-England rugby player as chief executive], ''[[BBC Sport]]'', 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.</ref> After seven years in the role he joined the England and Wales Cricket Board as Managing Director of the professional game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rob Andrew appointed ECB Managing Director, Professional Game |url=https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/rob-andrew-appointed-ecb-managing-director-professional-game |website=Sussex CCC |access-date=11 June 2024 |date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
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