Charles McCrum

Charles McCrum (born 8 December 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) 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]

Charles McCrum

Personal information
Full name	Charles McCrum
Born	8 December 1964 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium pace
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992–1993	Ireland
First-class debut	20 June 1992 Ireland v Scotland
Last First-class	20 June 1992 Ireland v Scotland
List A debut	24 June 1992 Ireland v Durham
Last List A	22 June 1993 Ireland v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A ICC Trophy Matches 1 2 7 Runs scored 109 45 125 Batting average 54.50 45.00 20.83 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 Top score 70 39* 54 Balls bowled 168 72 293 Wickets 3 0 11 Bowling average 32.33 – 21.72 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 3/57 0/48 4/16 Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0 3/0
Source: CricketArchive, 30 October 2007

Career

Having 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

In 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

1. Cricinfo profile
2. CricketArchive profile
3. CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. First-class matches played by Charles McCrum at CricketArchive
5. List A matches played by Charles McCrum at CricketArchive
6. Paul McCrum at CricketArchive
7. Warwick Pool Under-25s Matches played by Charles McCrum Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
8. ICC Trophy matches played by Charles McCrum at CricketArchive
9. Scorecard of Gibraltar v Ireland, 16 February 1994 at CricketArchive