Charles McCrum

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Charles McCrum
Ireland
Personal information
Full name	Charles McCrum
Born	8 December 1964 (1964-12-08) (age 43)
	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Role	All-rounder
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium pace
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
	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
As of 30 October 2007 Source: CricketArchive

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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

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