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Craig Wallace (cricketer)

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Craig Wallace
Personal information
Full name
Craig Donald Wallace
Born(1990-06-27)27 June 1990(age 34)
Dundee,Scotland
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap47)11 July 2012 vCanada
Last ODI17 August 2022 vUSA
T20I debut (cap25)13 March 2012 vKenya
Last T20I27 October 2021 vNamibia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 32 21 8 66
Runs scored 574 173 191 916
Batting average 21.25 17.30 17.36 18.69
100s/50s 0/4 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top score 58 27 35 58
Catches/stumpings 17/2 7/2 3/1 30/5
Source:Cricinfo,25 September 2022

Craig Donald Wallace(born 27 June 1990) is aScottishcricketer.Wallace is a right-handedbatsmanwho fields as awicket-keeper.He also currently serves as Head Coach of the Scotland Women's national team. He was born inDundeeand was educated at theHigh School of Dundee.

Wallace made his debut forScotlandin aList Amatch againstHampshireat theRose Bowlin the2011 Clydesdale Bank 40.[1]Scotland touredNamibiain September 2011, despite not featuring in Scotland'sfirst-classIntercontinental Cupmatch againstNamibia,he did feature in the two List A matches which proceeded that match.[1]He also made hisTwenty20debut on the tour against the hosts, making four appearances.[2]He was selected as part of Scotland's squad for theWorld Twenty20 Qualifier.[3]

In June 2019, he was selected to representScotland Ain their tour to Ireland to play theIreland Wolves.[4]In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in theinaugural editionof theEuro T20 Slamcricket tournament.[5][6]However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[7]

In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiertournament in the United Arab Emirates.[8]In September 2021, Wallace was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[9]

Having already beenScotland Women'sinterim head coach for a year, Wallace was appointed to the role permanently in August 2024.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ab"List A Matches played by Craig Wallace".CricketArchive.Retrieved19 February2012.
  2. ^"Twenty20 Matches played by Craig Wallace".CricketArchive.Retrieved19 February2012.
  3. ^"Scotland name touring squads".CricketEurope.www.cricketeurope4.net. 8 February 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 3 March 2016.Retrieved19 February2012.
  4. ^"Scotland A Squad Selected for Ireland Trip".Cricket Scotland.Retrieved5 June2019.
  5. ^"Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved19 July2019.
  6. ^"Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed".Cricket Europe.Archived fromthe originalon 19 July 2019.Retrieved19 July2019.
  7. ^"Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved14 August2019.
  8. ^"Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier".Cricket Scotland.Retrieved12 September2019.
  9. ^"Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup".Cricket Scotland.Retrieved9 September2021.
  10. ^"CRAIG WALLACE APPOINTED AS SCOTLAND WOMEN'S HEAD COACH".Cricket Scotland.Retrieved16 October2024.
  11. ^"Wallace excited by 'amazing potential' after being made Scotland coach".BBC Sport.Retrieved16 October2024.
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