Adrian McCoubrey

Cricketer Infobox

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nationality = Ireland
country = Ireland
country abbrev = IRE
name = Adrian McCoubrey
picture = Cricket no pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm fast-medium
Group1 = show
G1 title = Career
Heading1 = first-class
H1 matches = 14
H1 runs = 15
H1 bat avg = 2.50
H1 100s/50s = 0/0
H1 top score = 8*
G1 oversORballs = Balls
H1 amountbowled = 1704
H1 wickets = 34
H1 bowl avg = 34.32
H1 5s = 0
H1 10s = 0
H1 best bowling = 4/16
H1 catches/stumpings = 5/0
Heading2 = List A
H2 matches= 15
H2 runs = 22
H2 bat avg = 5.50
H2 100s/50s = 0/2
H2 top score = 11
H2 amountbowled = 534
H2 wickets = 8
H2 bowl avg = 48.25
H2 5s = 0
H2 10s = n/a
H2 best bowling = 3/19
H2 catches/stumpings = 0/0
Group2 = hide
debut-last cat = First-class
debut date = 21 August
debut year = 1999
last date = 27 October
last year = 2005
date = 8 July
year = 2007
source = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/8899.html Cricket Archive]

Adrian George Agustus Matthew McCoubrey (born 3 April 1980 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/8899.html Cricket Archive profile] ] he has played 43 times for the Ireland cricket team since August 1999 [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire180.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] including six first-class matches [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive - 14 total, six for Ireland, eight for Essex] and twelve List A matches. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive - fifteen total, 12 for Ireland, 3 for Essex] He has also played first-class and List A cricket for Essex. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/all_teams.html Teams played for by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive]

Playing career

Early Ireland career

McCoubrey first represented Ireland at Under-19 level, when he played in the 1999 European Under-19 Championship. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1999/TOURNAMENTS/EUROU19/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 1999 European Under-19 Championship] at CricketEurope] He made his debut for the senior side in August of that year, playing against Scotland in a first-class match. His second match for Ireland was in May 2000 when he played against the MCC, prior to an appearance in the European Championship that year. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2000/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship] at CricketEurope] He also played a first-class match against Scotland before the year was out.

In 2001, he travelled with the Irish side to Canada to play in the 2001 ICC Trophy. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive] Later in the year, he played against Australia before playing in the Triple Crown Tournament. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/72/72777.html Scorecard] of Ireland v Wales match, 14 August 2001 at Cricket Archive - the match is part of the 2001 Triple Crown Tournament] This was followed by his first two List A matches, playing against Wiltshire and the Hampshire Cricket Board in the C & G Trophy.

He played a C & G Trophy match against Nottinghamshire in May 2002, before playing in the European Championship that year. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2002/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/SQUADS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 2002 European Championship] at the tournament's official site] This was followed by a C & G Trophy match against Berkshire, shortly before he signed with Essex. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/123324.html Essex sign McCoubrey] , 20 September 2002 at Cricinfo]

Essex career

He made his debut for Essex in a national league match against Yorkshire on 5 May 2003, also playing in the same competition against Gloucestershire in July that year. He played two County Championship matches, against Leicestershire and Kent, the same month. He returned to the Ireland side in September that year for two matches against Denmark.

He was a regular member of the Essex side in the early part of the 2004 English cricket season, playing against Cambridge UCCE, in five County Championship matches and a National League match against Hampshire, but he did not play for Essex again after this point, and returned to playing regularly for Ireland, playing against the West Indies and Bangladesh in 2004.

Return to Irish side

Following matches against Loughborough UCCE, Warwickshire and a C & G Trophy match against Yorkshire, McCoubrey was named in the Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy, which was hosted in Ireland. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/ICCT2005/DATABASE/SQUADS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy] at the tournament's official site] He played four matches in the tournament, and played in four matches in that year's Intercontinental Cup, including the final against Kenya which Ireland won.

In 2006, he played three matches for Ireland in the newly restructured C & G Trophy; against Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Glamorgan, which are his last matches for Ireland to date.

tatistics

In all matches for Ireland, McCoubrey has scored 53 runs at an average of 4.42, with a top score of 11 against Berkshire in August 2002, also his top List A score. He has taken 52 wickets at an average of 26.92, with best innings bowling figures of 4/17 against Scotland in August 2005 also his best first-class bowling performance. In first-class cricket his top score is 8 not out for Ireland [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class batting for each team by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive] against Scotland. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/f_Batting_by_Opponent.html First-class batting against each opponent by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive] In List A cricket, his best bowling performance is 3/19 for Ireland [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/a_Bowling_by_Team.html List A bowling for each team by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive] against Uganda. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/8/8899/a_Bowling_by_Opponent.html List A bowling against each opponent by Adrian McCoubrey] at Cricket Archive]

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