Craig Wallace (cricketer)

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Craig Wallace
Personal information
Full name
Craig Donald Wallace
Born (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 33)
Dundee, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 47)11 July 2012 v Canada
Last ODI17 August 2022 v USA
T20I debut (cap 25)13 March 2012 v Kenya
Last T20I27 October 2021 v Namibia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 32 21 8 66
Runs scored 574 173 191 916
Batting average 21.25 17.30 17.36 18.69
100s/50s 0/4 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top score 58 27 35 58
Catches/stumpings 17/2 7/2 3/1 30/5
Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2022

Craig Donald Wallace (born 27 June 1990) is a Scottish cricketer. Wallace is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He also currently serves as the Interim Head Coach of the Scotland Women's national team. He was born in Dundee and was educated at the High School of Dundee.

Wallace made his debut for Scotland in a List A match against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.[1] Scotland toured Namibia in September 2011, despite not featuring in Scotland's first-class Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia, he did feature in the two List A matches which proceeded that match.[1] He also made his Twenty20 debut on the tour against the hosts, making four appearances.[2] He was selected as part of Scotland's squad for the World Twenty20 Qualifier.[3]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent Scotland A in their tour to Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves.[4] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[5][6] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[7]

In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[8] In September 2021, Wallace was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "List A Matches played by Craig Wallace". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Craig Wallace". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Scotland name touring squads". CricketEurope. www.cricketeurope4.net. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Scotland A Squad Selected for Ireland Trip". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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