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| Full name | Nigel Ewan Felix Laughton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1965 Aldershot, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 5 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Nigel Ewan Felix Laughton (born 12 October 1965) is an English sports consultant and a former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Ronald Francis Gerard Laughton and Gillian Hazel Cocks, he was born at Aldershot in October 1965. [1] After leaving Worth School, Laughton taught in Australia at Melbourne Grammar School for a year, before returning to England. [2] After returning he undertook training for the British Army at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Black Watch in April 1986. [3] He was promoted to lieutenant in April 1988, [4] before being promoted to captain in April 1992. [5] During his military career he toured Northern Ireland three times and became a helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. [6] He was seriously injured in a helicopter crash in 1994, [7] invalidating him out of the army due to the injuries he sustained. [8]
After recovering from his accident, Laughton studied at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Durham at Oxford in 1997. [9] Captaining the Oxford side, he was dismissed for 4 runs in their first innings by Neil Killeen, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by James Boiling. [10] After graduating from Oxford in 1997, he was appointed as the first development manager at the International Cricket Council, [2] responsible primarily for developing the game in Europe. [1] In 2001, he was appointed National Academy manager at the England and Wales Cricket Board and managed five England A tours. [2]
In June 2006, he was appointed operations manager for Bath Rugby. [6] Returning to cricket, he was appointed director and head of cricket by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the Indian Premier League and held a similar position for the Champions League Twenty20, a tournament he helped to found. Laughton proceeded to manage the 2011 Cricket World Cup matches played in Bangladesh. [2] He moved into sports consultancy and management in Olympic sports and was team leader for Team GB at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. [2] In November 2014, he became chief executive of Pentathlon GB, though left the post in September 2015 citing significant differences between the board and Laughton. [11]
- ^ a b c "Nigel Ewan Felix Laughton". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Player profile: Nigel Laughton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 50527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1986. p. 7101.
- ^ "No. 51295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 1988. p. 4313.
- ^ "No. 52891". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 April 1992. p. 6333.
- ^ a b "Laughton appointed Bath's Operations Manager". ESPNscrum. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Nigel Laughton" (PDF). wwww.countygroundtaunton.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 53800". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 September 1994. p. 13524.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Nigel Laughton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Durham, 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (4 September 2015). "Pentathlon GB announce departure of chief executive Nigel Laughton due to "significant differences"". Inside the Games. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Military personnel from Aldershot
- People educated at Worth School
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Black Watch officers
- British Army Air Corps officers
- Alumni of Harris Manchester College, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- English cricket coaches
- English rugby union administrators
- Cricketers from Aldershot
- 20th-century British Army personnel
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel Ewan Felix Laughton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1965 Aldershot, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Source:
Cricinfo, 5 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Nigel Ewan Felix Laughton (born 12 October 1965) is an English sports consultant and a former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Ronald Francis Gerard Laughton and Gillian Hazel Cocks, he was born at Aldershot in October 1965. [1] After leaving Worth School, Laughton taught in Australia at Melbourne Grammar School for a year, before returning to England. [2] After returning he undertook training for the British Army at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Black Watch in April 1986. [3] He was promoted to lieutenant in April 1988, [4] before being promoted to captain in April 1992. [5] During his military career he toured Northern Ireland three times and became a helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. [6] He was seriously injured in a helicopter crash in 1994, [7] invalidating him out of the army due to the injuries he sustained. [8]
After recovering from his accident, Laughton studied at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Durham at Oxford in 1997. [9] Captaining the Oxford side, he was dismissed for 4 runs in their first innings by Neil Killeen, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by James Boiling. [10] After graduating from Oxford in 1997, he was appointed as the first development manager at the International Cricket Council, [2] responsible primarily for developing the game in Europe. [1] In 2001, he was appointed National Academy manager at the England and Wales Cricket Board and managed five England A tours. [2]
In June 2006, he was appointed operations manager for Bath Rugby. [6] Returning to cricket, he was appointed director and head of cricket by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the Indian Premier League and held a similar position for the Champions League Twenty20, a tournament he helped to found. Laughton proceeded to manage the 2011 Cricket World Cup matches played in Bangladesh. [2] He moved into sports consultancy and management in Olympic sports and was team leader for Team GB at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. [2] In November 2014, he became chief executive of Pentathlon GB, though left the post in September 2015 citing significant differences between the board and Laughton. [11]
- ^ a b c "Nigel Ewan Felix Laughton". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Player profile: Nigel Laughton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 50527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 May 1986. p. 7101.
- ^ "No. 51295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 April 1988. p. 4313.
- ^ "No. 52891". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 April 1992. p. 6333.
- ^ a b "Laughton appointed Bath's Operations Manager". ESPNscrum. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Nigel Laughton" (PDF). wwww.countygroundtaunton.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 53800". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 September 1994. p. 13524.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Nigel Laughton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Durham, 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (4 September 2015). "Pentathlon GB announce departure of chief executive Nigel Laughton due to "significant differences"". Inside the Games. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Military personnel from Aldershot
- People educated at Worth School
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Black Watch officers
- British Army Air Corps officers
- Alumni of Harris Manchester College, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- English cricket coaches
- English rugby union administrators
- Cricketers from Aldershot
- 20th-century British Army personnel