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 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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