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Kyle McCallan

Kyle McCallan
Personal information
Full name William Kyle McCallan
Born (1975-08-27) 27 August 1975 (age 41)
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm off spin
Role Irish vice-captain
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 7) 13 June 2006 v England
Last ODI 27 August 2009 v England
ODI shirt no. 07
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996–2009 Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODIs FC LA T20I
Matches 39 25 99 9
Runs scored 361 552 1,299 11
Batting average 20.05 22.08 21.65 11.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/3 0/2 0/0
Top score 50* 65 53* 9*
Balls bowled 1,804 3,679 4,229 131
Wickets 39 55 81 8
Bowling average 30.97 29.41 35.91 19.00
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/30 5/34 4/30 2/26
Catches/stumpings 4/– 17/– 16/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 August 2009

William Kyle McCallan, MBE (born 27 August 1975 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland), usually known as Kyle McCallan, is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played more times for the Ireland cricket team than any other player, more than 40 caps ahead of the next player in the table, the retired Peter Gillespie. Only three players have captained Ireland more times than McCallan, and only Jason Molins has captained them to more wins. He has also played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Surrey.

He announced his retirement from international cricket on 2 December 2009, after a record 226 caps. He scored 3616 runs at an average of 23.33 and he also took 256 wickets. He also captained Ireland a record 54 times.

His matches for Ireland include fifteen first-class matches, 61 List A matches and 19 One-Day Internationals, all of Ireland's ODIs to date. He represented Ireland at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and the ICC Trophy in 2001 and 2005. He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.


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