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ian austin -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

ian david austin -lrb- born 30 may 1966 in haslingden , lancashire , england -rrb- is a retired english cricketer .
he made his first-class debut for lancashire county cricket club in 1987 -lrb- having played a single sunday league match for them the previous season -rrb- and remained with that county for his entire career , scoring 3,778 runs at 27.98 and taking 262 wickets at 30.35 with his medium-pace seamers in his 124 matches .
enormously popular with the lancashire crowd thanks to his uncomplicated batting style and equally old-fashioned waistline , his most successful period came towards the end of his career .
in 1998 , he helped his county to both natwest trophy and sunday league success .
he then made his one day international debut against sri lanka later in the summer .
for these performances he was made one of 1999 's wisden cricketers of the year .
austin was selected for the 1999 world cup squad , and opened the bowling with darren gough in england 's opening game , taking 2-25 against sri lanka at lord 's .
however , his international career was to last just one more match , against kenya later in the same tournament .
he spent the rest of his career at lancashire , where his benefit in 2000 raised # 155,000 .
austin played no first-class cricket after early june 2001 , but continued to appear in some one-day games for another year .
after some appearances for cumberland in 2002 , and participating in the lancashire league 's worsley cup final the following year , austin retired from first class cricket at the end of the 2003 season .
he returned to the leagues playing with distinction for st annes in the northern premier league , before returning to his boyhood club , baxenden and helping them to the ribblesdale league title , before retiring from all cricket at the end of the 2010 season .
