| Andy Tennant | |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Fullname: | Andrew McBlain Tennant |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Ayr, Scotland |
| Nickname: | Tenners |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Scotland |
| Year1: | 1996–2000 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 5 |
| Bat Avg1: | 1.66 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 5 |
| Deliveries1: | 498 |
| Wickets1: | 9 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 28.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 2 |
| Runs2: | 2 |
| Bat Avg2: | n/a |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 2* |
| Deliveries2: | 96 |
| Wickets2: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 26.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | n/a |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/29 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– |
| Date: | 21 May |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25117.html ESPNCricinfo |
Andrew McBlain Tennant (born 17 February 1966) is a former Scottish cricketer who played a number of matches for the Scottish national side. He has since served in a variety of coaching and administrative roles with Cricket Scotland, including as acting head coach for a period of time.
Born in Ayr and educated at Prestwick Academy,[1] Tennant first appeared for Scotland on a 1993–94 tour of Zimbabwe, having previously appeared regularly for a Scotland B team.[2] A left-arm orthodox spinner, he played two matches at List-A level, and a further three at first-class level.[3] His two List A matches came during the 1996 English season: one against Yorkshire in the Benson & Hedges Cup, in which he took 2/29 from ten overs, and the other against Durham in the NatWest Trophy, in which he went wicketless.[4] Tennant's matches at first-class level all came in the annual series against Ireland, in which he participated in 1996, 1999, and 2000.[5] He took nine wickets in these matches – his best figures, 3/28, came in the 1996 fixture, and included two stumpings by Alec Davies.[6] At club level, Tennant played for the Prestwick Cricket Club, which from 1999 played in the new Scottish National Cricket League (SNCL).[2]
Tennant was appointed Cricket Scotland's youth development manager in May 2004,[7] and served in the position until 2006, when he was replaced by Peter Steindl.[8] After Scotland's senior coach, Peter Drinnen, resigned in July 2007, he and Steindl took over the team on an interim basis, coaching the side at the 2007 World Twenty20.[9] [10] Steindl was permanently appointed to the position in December 2007,[11] while Tennant was named to the position of head of cricket, and also named coach of Scotland A.[12] He had previously become the first Scottish coach to gain a Level 4 coaching qualification from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).[13] In April 2014, as part of a reorganisation of Cricket Scotland that saw Grant Bradburn appointed head coach, Tennant was named director of cricket, in charge of "all strategic and operational cricketing matters".[14] [15]
In September 2022, he was appointed head coach of Sunrisers.[16]
In October 2024, Tennant was named as Essex Women team director.[17] [18]