Mal Loye

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Mal Loye
Personal information
Full name
Malachy Bernard Loye
Born (1972-09-27) 27 September 1972 (age 51)
Northampton, England
NicknameChairman, Jacko
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 201)19 January 2007 v Australia
Last ODI11 February 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no.48
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991–2002
Auckland
2010–2011Northamptonshire (squad no. 2)
2012Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 7 264 304 42
Runs scored 142 15,329 8,973 1,246
Batting average 20.29 39.91 33.86 33.67
100s/50s 0/0 42/65 10/59 1/8
Top score 45 322* 127 100
Balls bowled – 55 – –
Wickets – 1 – –
Bowling average – 61.00 – –
5 wickets in innings – 0 – –
10 wickets in match – 0 – –
Best bowling – 1/8 – –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 119/– 67/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 October 2012

Malachy Bernard Loye (born 27 September 1972), is an English former

Australia
on 19 January 2007 aged 34 years 113 days.

Early life

Loye was educated at Moulton Comprehensive School and

Manchester University.[2]

Career

Northamptonshire

After making his debut in 1991, Loye received the Northamptonshire

England 'A', first touring South Africa with England 'A' in 1993-4,[5] and returning in 1998-9.[6]

Lancashire

Loye transferred to Lancashire in 2003. He was an ever-present during Lancashire's march to the County Championship Division Two title in 2005 and was the county's leading run-scorer with 1,198, including a knock of 200 against Durham. He almost became the first Lancashire batsman ever to score consecutive double centuries but was dismissed for 194 in the next match against Essex. Loye also made a century in the

Twenty20 Cup for the first time when he hammered exactly 100 against Durham, including five sixes and 10 fours. Loye became a mainstay in the Lancashire top-order from there on and his good form provided him with a call-up to England's One Day International 30-man preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India. He was awarded with a benefit season for 2008.[7]

Return to Northamptonshire

After 7 years away from

MCCA Knockout Trophy against Dorset.[10]

International career

On 4 October 2006 he was called up to the

wicket keeper for the England team led by Dominic Cork
during the tournament.

In January 2007 Loye was playing for

Auckland, when he was called up to the England squad as cover for the injured Michael Vaughan,[11] and made his One Day International debut on 19 January 2007 when he was England's top scorer with 36 runs off 36 balls.[12] Cricket commentator Simon Mann remarked after the game that "Loye's front foot sweep for six off Brett Lee was the stroke of the series so far".[13]

Loye was left out of England's squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in favour of Ravi Bopara. Chairman of selectors David Graveney said that Loye could be considered unlucky and had not done anything wrong, but that his inclusion would have made the squad "top-heavy". He was also left out of England's Twenty20 squad for a tournament in South Africa, despite having had healthy stats and success in the domestic form of the game over the previous few seasons and having averaged 57 in the 2007 tournament. [14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Teams Mal Loye played for". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Scorecard: Durham University v Manchester University". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ESPNCricinfo
    . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ESPNCricinfo
    . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. ESPNCricinfo
    . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ESPNCricinfo
    . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. ^ England legends line up for Loye Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Lancashire County Cricket Club Website
  8. ^ Mal Loye is a Steelback Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Northants Cricket Website. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Mal Loye released by Northants". ESPNcricinfo. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Ex-England batsman signs for Bucks". Bucks Free Press. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  11. ^ Vaughan out of Brisbane one-dayer BBC Sport
  12. ^ Commonwealth Bank Series BBC Sport
  13. ^ England spirit shakes Aussies BBC Sport
  14. ^ Bopara wins place ahead of Loye Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
  15. ^ Loye fumes at Graveney's 'lack of respect' Cricinfo

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