Don Pringle

Donald James Pringle (1 May 1932 – 4 October 1975) was an East African cricketer. He was born at Prestwich in Lancashire, England and represented East Africa in two One day Internationals in the inaugural 1975 World Cup. His son, the cricketer Derek Pringle, represented Cambridge University, Essex and England and is currently the cricket correspondent of The Daily Telegraph.

Donald Pringle
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition ODIs
Matches 2
Runs scored 5
Batting average 2.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 3
Balls bowled 90
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 0/14
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 31 March 2006

Pringle moved to Kenya as a landscape consultant in the late 1950s. Derek was born in Kenya in 1958. Like his son, Don was a fast-medium bowler. At 43 years of age he opened the bowling in two of East Africa's three matches in 1975, without taking a wicket.

He was killed in a car crash later that same year, returning home from a cricket match in Limuru in which he'd taken 6 wicket for 16.


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