Complex sentence: Alan was also a cricketer, playing 40 Minor County matches for Durham between 1968 and 1978, one 2nd X1 appearance for Middlesex against Kent in 1970 and just one first-class match for Warwickshire against Cambridge University in 1969.
Split into simpler sentences: Alan was also a cricketer, playing 40 Minor County matches for Durham between 1968 and 1978, one 2nd X1 appearance for Middlesex against Kent in 1970. He also played in one first-class match for Warwickshire against Cambridge University in 1969.