sentences:  When a Hawke Cup "team of the century" was selected to mark the centenary of the competition in 2011, he was named as the captain.He became a New Zealand selector in the late 1980s and managed the New Zealand team on tours of Sri Lanka and Australia in 1987, and again in the 1990s.Alabaster made his career in teaching, finishing as Principal of Waiau College in Tuatapere.