Paul McCrum

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Paul McCrum
country = Ireland
fullname = Paul McCrum
nickname =
living = true
partialdates =
dayofbirth = 11
monthofbirth = 8
yearofbirth = 1962
placeofbirth = Waringstown, County Down
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
role = Bowler
club1 = cr|Northern Ireland
year1 = 1998
clubnumber1 =
club2 = cr|Ireland
year2 = 1990-1998
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 11 August
debutyear1 = 1990
debutfor1 = Ireland
debutagainst1 = Scotland
lastdate1 = 9 August
lastyear1 = 1997
lastfor1 = Ireland
lastagainst1 = Scotland
type2 = List A
debutdate2 = 27 June
debutyear2 = 1990
debutfor2 = Ireland
debutagainst2 = Sussex
lastdate2 = 10 September
lastyear2 = 1998
lastfor2 = Northern Ireland
lastagainst2 = South Africa
deliveries = balls
columns = 3
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 4
runs1 = 49
bat avg1 = 16.33
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 44*
deliveries1 = 588
wickets1 = 5
bowl avg1 = 68.60
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 3/56
catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
column2 = List A
matches2 = 17
runs2 = 44
bat avg2 = 5.50
100s/50s2 = 0/0
top score2 = 16
deliveries2 = 852
wickets2 = 21
bowl avg2 = 31.85
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 3/26
catches/stumpings2 = 5/0
column3 = ICC Trophy
matches3 = 11
runs3 = 14
bat avg3 = 7.00
100s/50s3 = 0/0
top score3 = 7*
deliveries3 = 450
wickets3 = 15
bowl avg3 = 18.26
fivefor3 = 0
tenfor3 = n/a
best bowling3 = 4/51
catches/stumpings3 = 4/0
date = 24 November
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4339/4339.html CricketArchive

Paul McCrum (born 11 August 1962 in Waringstown, County Down, Northern Ireland) is an Irish former cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24254.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4339/4339.html CricketArchive profile] ] he played 74 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1989 and 1998 [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire181.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] including four first-class matches against Scotland [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4339/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Paul McCrum] at CricketArchive] and 16 List A matches. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4339/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Paul McCrum] at CricketArchive - 17 total, one of which was for Northern Ireland] He also played for the Northern Ireland national cricket team in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4339/all_teams.html Teams played for by Paul McCrum] at CricketArchive] His brother Charles also played cricket for Ireland. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/17/17716/17716.html Charles McCrum] at Cricket Archive]

Career

Paul McCrum made his debut for Ireland in May 1989 when he played two matches against Northamptonshire. He next played the following year in two matches against New Zealand and two against Worcestershire. After a match against the MCC in Coleraine he made his List A debut against Sussex in a NatWest Trophy match in June 1990. This was followed by a match against Wales in July and his first-class debut against Scotland in August.

He went on an Irish tour to Zimbabwe in March 1991, averaging 29.91 with the ball on the tour, returning home to play against Middlesex, Free Foresters, the Duchess of Norfolk's XI, the MCC at Lord's and Wales. The following year, he played against Middlesex, Scotland, Durham, the MCC and twice against an England amateur XI.

In 1993 Ireland gained associate membership of the International Cricket Council [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/60.html Ireland] at CricketArchive] and McCrum was a regular member of the side at the time, playing nine times that year, including internationals against Scotland, Australia, Wales and the Netherlands. He only appeared three times the following year however, playing against Papua New Guinea, Gibraltar and the UAE in the 1994 ICC Trophy, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4339/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Paul McCrum] at CricketArchive] and he did not play at all in 1995.

He returned to a regular place in the team in 1996, starting that year with four matches in the Benson & Hedges Cup. This was followed by matches against Wales and the MCC before a NatWest Trophy match against Sussex in Belfast. He then played for Ireland in the Triple Crown Tournament in Wales [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1996/TOURNAMENTS/TRIPLECROWN/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 1996 Triple Crown Tournament] at CricketEurope] and European Championship. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1996/TOURNAMENTS/EUROCHAMS/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 1996 European Championship] at CricketEurope]

In 1997, he represented Ireland at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, before matches in the summer against Middlesex, Somerset and Glamorgan in the Benson & Hedges Cup and against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. He then played again in the Triple Crown Tournament [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/1997/TOURNAMENTS/TRIPLECROWN/TEAMS/ireland.shtml Ireland squad for the 1997 Triple Crown Tournament] at CricketEurope] before finishing the year with his final first-class match against Scotland and a match against the MCC at Lord's. The following year would be the end of his international career. Following three matches in the Benson & Hedges Cup, he played a match against Wales before finishing his Ireland career against South Africa. Though he never played again for the full Ireland team, he did play for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, playing once against South Africa.

tatistics

In all matches for Ireland, Paul McCrum scored 355 runs at an average of 15.43, with a top score of 63 against Wales in July 1991, his only half-century. He took 106 wickets at an average of 32.32, with a best bowling performance of 5/52 against the MCC in June 1996, the only time he took five wickets in an innings. He is one of only 15 players to take 100 wickets for Ireland. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/irer23.htm Top Wicket Takers for Ireland] at CricketEurope Stats Zone]

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