Charles McCrum (born 8 December 1964) is an Irish former cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he played 22 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1990 and 1994[3] including one first-class match against Scotland[4] and two List A matches in the NatWest Trophy.[5] His brother Paul has also played cricket for Ireland.[6]
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| Full name | Charles McCrum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 20 June 1992 Ireland v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 20 June 1992 Ireland v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 24 June 1992 Ireland v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 22 June 1993 Ireland v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editHaving played once for Gloucestershire Under-25s in 1985,[7] McCrum first played for Ireland in June 1990 against the MCC. He then spent two years out of the Ireland side[3] before playing his only first-class match against Scotland in June 1992.[4] This was followed by his List A debut against Durham the same month,[5] and he rounded out 1992 with a match against the MCC, two matches against an England amateur XI and a match against Gloucestershire.[3]
In 1993, he played his final List A match against Yorkshire[5] before seven more matches for Ireland, including games against Barbados, Wales, the MCC and the Netherlands.[3] He represented Ireland at the 1994 ICC Trophy,[8] winning the man of the match award against Gibraltar,[9] which were his last matches for Ireland.[3]
Statistics
editIn all matches for Ireland, McCrum scored 567 runs at an average of 25.77 with a top score of 70 against Scotland in 1992,[3] also his highest first-class score.[4] He took 25 wickets at an average of 29.24 with his best bowling performance being 4/16 against Gibraltar in 1994.[3]
References
edit- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ CricketArchive profile
- ^ a b c d e f g CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c First-class matches played by Charles McCrum at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c List A matches played by Charles McCrum at CricketArchive
- ^ Paul McCrum at CricketArchive
- ^ Warwick Pool Under-25s Matches played by Charles McCrum Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
- ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Charles McCrum at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Gibraltar v Ireland, 16 February 1994 at CricketArchive