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Trevor Chesterfield
Born and educated in New Zealand, (O M T) Trevor Chesterfield is now a well-traveled veteran cricket writer, author and journalist with more than fifty one years experience.
A former first-class and provincial umpire in New Zealand and South Africa, there was also an invitation in 1956 to New Zealand colts trials in Christchurch and Auckland before a knee injury ended his playing career as a leg-spinner.He also holds grade two coaching certificate (SA Cricket Foundation).
Chesters started his career with the Manawatu Daily Times (Palmerston North , April 1955); also worked for Southland Times (Invercargill 1956/58); Bolton Evening News (Bolton 1958/1959); News Telegraph Exchange (1959/1962); freelance (1962); Bay of Plenty Times (Tauranga 1962/1965 and 1973/74); Berima District Post (Mossvale, NSW 1965); freelance for AAP (Saigon 1965); Natal Witness (1966); freelance for South African newspapers (Salisbury/Lusaka ,1966); Pretoria News (Pretoria 1966/1973 , 1974/2000).In 1999 he was a specialist writer for CricInfo for the World Cup and was that organisation's senior Southern Africa correspondent between October 1996 and April 2000.He covered the 2003 World Cup for Indian Express.He has already started on two new books, the first is titled ,Critical Analysis', a view of the game since 1958 to World Cup 2003, and the second is Sri Lanka's cricket captains.