John Blain

"For the Canadian football player of the same name see John Blain (football player)."

Cricketer Infobox

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nationality = Scottish
country = Scotland
country abbrev = SCO
name = John Blain
picture = Cricket no pic.pngbatting style = Right hand bat
bowling style = Right arm fast medium
Group1 = show
G1 title = Career
Heading1 = ODI
H1 matches = 24
H1 runs = 205
H1 bat avg = 15.76
H1 100s/50s = 0/0
H1 top score = 30*
G1 oversORballs = Balls
H1 amountbowled = 931
H1 wickets = 26
H1 bowl avg = 33.50
H1 5s = 0
H1 10s = 0
H1 best bowling = 4/37
H1 catches/stumpings = 5/0
Heading2 = First-class
H2 matches= 41
H2 runs = 453
H2 bat avg = 15.62
H2 100s/50s = 0/2
H2 top score = 93
H2 amountbowled = 5723
H2 wickets = 111
H2 bowl avg = 37.48
H2 5s = 3
H2 10s = 0
H2 best bowling = 6/42
H2 catches/stumpings = 11/0
Group2 = hide
debut-last cat = ODI
debut date = 16 May
debut year = 1999
last date = 15 July
last year = 2007
date = 12 August
year = 2007
source = [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icccont2007/content/current/player/25087.html Cricinfo]

John Angus Rae Blain (born January 4, 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.

Attaining his first cap in 1996, Blain became Scotland's youngest-capped cricketer since 1890. He played during the 1996 European Championship taking seven wickets at 9.85. Blain was initially signed as a footballer to Falkirk but decided to switch to cricket, signing for Northamptonshire, having not made an impact as a footballer.

Blain left Northamptonshire at the end of the 2003 season to join Yorkshire County Cricket Club, where he made sporadic appearances for the first team until he was released in 2006.

He played for Yorkshire League side Rotherham in 2007 and was due to sign for Scottish League side Fergulsie in 2008. The move fell through and Blain continues to play for the Scottish Saltires and Rotherham.

He appeared in all Scotland's games at the 1999 and 2007 World Cups. He finished the 1999 event with 10 wickets at 21 with a strike rate of 22.3, the best in the tournament. [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC99/STATS/WC99_BOWL_BEST_SR.html]

References

* [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/saltires/bio/B/blain_jar.html Cricket Europe Stats Zone profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4956/4956.html Cricket Archive profile]