Andre came to Ireland as a teenager from South Africa, and had a successful career in Leinster cricket. He secured his qualification to play for Ireland in 2001 and went on to play 141 times for Ireland, scoring 3,606 runs at 27.74 and taking 176 wickets at 21.99 – retiring after the 2011 World Cup.

He holds the Irish record partnership for any wicket of 360 shared with Eoin Morgan. His finest hour arguably came with the ball, his stunning spell of eight overs, four maidens, 2 for 5 playing a huge part in Ireland’s famous win over Pakistan in the 2007 World Cup.

When he retired from club cricket he had the record 25 centuries in 313 games, as well as 12,000 runs and 464 wickets.