Calum MacLeod (cricketer)

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Calum MacLeod
Personal information
Full name
Calum Scott MacLeod
Born (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 35)
Glasgow, Scotland
NicknameCloudy, Scot
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
  • USA
ODI shirt no.10
T20I debut (cap 17)6 June 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I21 October 2022 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2009Warwickshire
2014–2016Durham
2018Derbyshire
2018Paktia Panthers
2020Sussex
2021Kent
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 88 64 28 161
Runs scored 3,026 1,238 904 4,330
Batting average 38.30 23.80 25.82 30.92
100s/50s 10/13 0/7 0/5 11/19
Top score 175 74 84 175
Balls bowled 968 180 767 1,498
Wickets 11 5 16 23
Bowling average 76.00 44.00 27.81 58.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/26 2/17 4/66 3/37
Catches/stumpings 53/– 38/– 20/– 83/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 October 2022

Calum Scott MacLeod (born 15 November 1988) is a Scottish professional

2015 World Cup and the 2016 World Twenty20. He has played county cricket in England for Warwickshire and Durham. In January 2019, MacLeod was named the ICC Associate Player of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards.[1]

Early life

MacLeod was born in Glasgow. He attended Hillpark Secondary School,[2] the Glasgow Gaelic School at the time. His family originally comes from Johnshaven, near Aberdeen and the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.[3]

Domestic and T20 franchise career

As a youth MacLeod played for Drumpellier Cricket Club, where he made massive strides under the tutelage of Graham Robertson. Following the advice of Graham he moved to the

2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka
.

After making some 70 appearances with Scotland age group sides (U12 to U23), he secured a retainer contract with Warwickshire for the 2006 season, to play Under-17s, Under-19s and 2nd XI cricket. Awarded an improved contract for 2007, he ended the season as joint top wicket-taker in the Warwickshire 2nd XI and was voted "Most Improved 2nd XI Player of the Year" by the County side.

In November 2007 the 19-year-old MacLeod signed a two-year contract with Warwickshire.

Penrith in Sydney and returned to Moseley Cricket Club as their contracted County player for 2008 in the Birmingham Premier Cricket League
.

MacLeod gained his full first-class Scotland cap when he was called up for the Intercontinental Cup match against the

Kenya
both of which succumbed to rain.

Despite international absences and a stomach injury which reduced his Warwickshire 2nd XI appearances, MacLeod's 2008 season ended with debut matches in the Warwickshire first team, both away from home, against Yorkshire a match abandoned due to rain and Derbyshire in a Pro40 win. In October, with another season still to run on his current deal, MacLeod was offered, and accepted, a new improved two-year contract to run until the end of the 2010 season.

In 2014, he along with John Hastings holds the highest 6th wicket partnership in T20 history (126*)[5][6][7]

MacLeod spent the 2016 season playing for Boldon Cricket Club in the North East Premier League. In 2018, he began playing for Bexley in the Kent Premier League.

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the

inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[9][10] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[11]

International career

His first ODI cap came in the historic match against England on 18 August 2008 where he scored 10 not out from 11 balls before that game, too, fell victim to rain.

As early as June 2009, during the

Canada in July 2010 in which MacLeod took six wickets, the umpires reported to the International Cricket Council that his action needed to be tested.[12]

In 2010, MacLeod was one of six cricketers given full-time contracts with Cricket Scotland.[13] MacLeod did not play a single list A match in 2010.[14] MacLeod was released by Warwickshire at the end of the 2010 season.

Having left

England Cricket Board had launched the competition the previous year and Scotland was included along with the Netherlands and the 18 first-class teams from England and Wales.[15]

Scotland won two of their twelve matches that year, had one no result and lost the rest, finishing bottom of their group.[16] MacLeod managed 92 runs from six matches with a highest score of 33.[17] In the 2011 Karp Hong Kong Super Sixes
event MacLeod was placed 4th in the Championship Player stats, and 5th in the Batting stats.

In March 2012 the

Oman, MacLeod scored 104 not out from 76 deliveries.[18] With 307 runs from 9 matches (including one century and two fifties) he was Scotland's leading run-scorer in the tournament and fifth overall.[19]

Though

Netherlands in which MacLeod scored 57 from 42 in the match and failed to qualify for the World Twenty20 later that year.[20]

MacLeod made 175, the second highest score by an Associate player in an

Scotland
's total of 341 for 9.

On 10 June 2018, Scotland secured the biggest win in their cricketing history with a six-run, first-ever, defeat of England with MacLeod scoring 140 not out with 16 fours and 3 sixes off 94 balls.[21]

In August 2019, during the

2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[23] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player in Scotland's squad.[24] On 24 October 2019, in the match against Bermuda, MacLeod scored his 1,000th run in T20I cricket.[25]

In November 2020, MacLeod was nominated for the ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.[26] In September 2021, MacLeod was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[27] MacLeod announced his retirement from international cricket on 31 October 2022, a few days after Scotland faced a first-round exit.[28]

Bowling action

MacLeod was assisted by

Scotland
in T20 matches, plays top-order in 50 over games, while confirming a strong middle-order presence in 3 and 4-day ties.

References

  1. ^ "Finch, Macleod, Pant and Williamson named for ICC Player Awards". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Scots youth choose DVDs over sport". The Scotsman. 8 September 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Howzat happen? England fields a Gaelic-speaking Scotsman in Ashes". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. ^ "MacLeod offered two-year deal by Warwickshire", ESPNcricinfo, 18 November 2007, retrieved 7 May 2012
  5. ^ "Records | Twenty20 matches | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. ^ "North Division: Durham v Northamptonshire at Chester-le-Street, Jul 25, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Hastings atones with winning innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  12. ^ MacLeod bowling action reported, BBC Sport, 7 July 2009, retrieved 7 May 2012
  13. ^ "Berrington awarded full-time contract", ESPNcricinfo, 30 March 2010, retrieved 7 May 2012
  14. ^ a b "List A matches played by Calum MacLeod", CricketArchive, retrieved 13 May 2012
  15. ^ Clydesdale Bank 40 unveiled, ECB, 15 February 2010, archived from the original on 24 April 2010, retrieved 13 May 2012
  16. ^ Clydesdale Bank 40 2011 tables, ECB, archived from the original on 22 May 2012, retrieved 13 May 2012
  17. ^ "Batting and fielding in Clydesdale Bank 40 2011 (ordered by runs)", CricketArchive, retrieved 13 May 2012
  18. ^ Scotland too strong for Oman in ICC World Twenty20 qualifier, BBC Sport, 16 March 2012, retrieved 7 May 2012
  19. ^ "Batting and fielding in ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2011/12 (ordered by runs)", CricketArchive, retrieved 7 May 2012
  20. ^ ICC World Twenty20: Scotland suffer play-off exit in Dubai, BBC Sport, 22 March 2012, retrieved 7 May 2012
  21. ^ Scotland stun England as Calum MacLeod hits 140 not out in Edinburgh, BBC Sport, 10 June 2018, retrieved 10 June 2018
  22. ^ "Five-star Tahir sees Scotland to victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Team preview: Scotland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  25. ^ "T20 World Cup Qualifier: Scotland on track for knockout phase after routine Bermuda win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  26. ^ "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  27. ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Calum MacLeod announces retirement from international cricket – Cricket Scotland". Retrieved 5 November 2022.

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