James McCollum

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James McCollum
Personal information
Full name
James Alexander McCollum
Born (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 28)
Opening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 15)15 March 2019 v Afghanistan
Last Test24 April 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 53)28 February 2019 v Afghanistan
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentNorthern Knights
2017Durham MCCU
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 6 10 25 58
Runs scored 199 188 1,359 1,052
Batting average 18.09 18.80 35.76 19.84
100s/50s 0/0 0/2 3/6 1/4
Top score 39 73 119* 102
Balls bowled – – 126 84
Wickets – – 5 1
Bowling average – – 17.60 48.00
5 wickets in innings – – 1 0
10 wickets in match – - 0 0
Best bowling – – 5/32 1/14
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/– 4/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 05 December 2023

James Alexander McCollum (born 1 August 1995) is an Irish

Ireland cricket team in February 2019.[3] In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[4] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[5]

Domestic career

He made his

Northern Knights in the 2016 Inter-Provincial Championship in Ireland.[7]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 23 June 2017.[8] He made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 6 August 2017.[9] He was the leading run-scorer for Northern Knights in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship, with 442 runs in four matches.[10]

International career

In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.[11][12] In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for their series against Afghanistan in India.[13][14] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against Afghanistan on 28 February 2019.[15] He made his Test debut for Ireland against Afghanistan on 15 March 2019.[16]

In June 2019, he was named in the

Scotland A cricket team.[17] On 10 July 2020, McCollum was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.[18][19] In February 2021, McCollum was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh.[20][21]

McCollum was named in the

Lord's in June 2023, and during the second innings, despite retiring hurt with an ankle injury and being on crutches, volunteered to return to the crease to help team-mate Andy McBrine reach his maiden Test century, though he was not ultimately required to do so.[23]

References

  1. ^ "James McCollum". Wisden. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Interview: James McCollum". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ "James McCollum". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Gloucestershire v Durham MCCU at Bristol, Mar 28-30, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights at Dublin, May 10-12, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning at Belfast, Jun 23, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Waringstown, Aug 6, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, 2018 - Northern Knights: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  11. ^ "19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Ireland women to receive first professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  15. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Feb 28 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Only Test, Ireland tour of India at Dehra Dun, Mar 15-19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Ireland Wolves tour of Bangladesh to start with four-day game in Chattogram". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Ireland Wolves squad announced for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Ireland squads named for historic Bangladesh, Sri Lanka tours". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  23. ^ "How Andy McBrine denied himself a chance at a Test century to protect injured teammate". Wisden. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

External links

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