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Full Name
  
Don Pringle

Died
  
October 4, 1975, Nairobi, Kenya

Batting style
  
Right-handed batsman

Bowling style
  
Right-arm medium

Children
  
Derek Pringle

Don Pringle (Cricketer)
CompetitionODIs
Matches2
Runs scored5
Batting average2.50
100s/50s0/0
Top score3
Balls bowled15
Wickets0
Bowling average-
5 wickets in innings-
10 wickets in matchn/a
Best bowling-
Catches/stumpings0/0

Donald James "Don" Pringle (May 1, 1932, Prestwich, Lancashire, England – October 4, 1975, Nairobi, Kenya) was an East African cricketer. He 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 .

Don Pringle was born in Lancashire and 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 Africas three matches in 1975, without taking a wicket.

Don Pringle (Cricketer) in the past

He was killed in a car crash later that same year, returning home from a cricket match in Nairobi in which hed taken 6 for 16.

References

Don Pringle Wikipedia