Adrian McCoubrey

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Adrian McCoubrey
Personal information
Full name
Adrian George Agustus Mathew McCoubrey
Born (1980-04-03) 3 April 1980 (age 43)
Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches1415
Runs scored1522
Batting average 2.505.50
100s/50s0/00/2
Top score8* 11
Balls bowled1704534
Wickets 348
Bowling average 34.3248.25
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match0n/a
Best bowling4/163/19
Catches/stumpings 5/00/0

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, [1] he has played 43 times for the Ireland cricket team since August 1999 [2] including six first-class matches [3] and twelve List A matches. [4] He has also played first-class and List A cricket for Essex. [5]

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Playing career

Early Ireland career

McCoubrey first represented Ireland at Under-19 level, when he played in the 1999 European Under-19 Championship. [6] He made his debut for the senior side in August of that year, playing against Scotland [2] in a first-class match. [3] 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. [7] He also played a first-class match against Scotland before the year was out. [3]

In 2001, he travelled with the Irish side to Canada to play in the 2001 ICC Trophy. [8] Later in the year, he played against Australia [2] before playing in the Triple Crown Tournament. [9] This was followed by his first two List A matches, playing against Wiltshire and the Hampshire Cricket Board in the C & G Trophy. [4]

He played a C & G Trophy match against Nottinghamshire in May 2002, [4] before playing in the European Championship that year. [10] This was followed by a C & G Trophy match against Berkshire, [4] shortly before he signed with Essex. [11]

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. [4] He played two County Championship matches, against Leicestershire and Kent, the same month. [3] He returned to the Ireland side in September that year for two matches against Denmark. [2]

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 [3] and a National League match against Hampshire, [4] 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. [2]

Return to Irish side

Following matches against Loughborough UCCE, Warwickshire [2] and a C & G Trophy match against Yorkshire, [4] McCoubrey was named in the Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy, which was hosted in Ireland. [12] He played four matches in the tournament, [8] and played in four matches in that year's Intercontinental Cup, including the final against Kenya which Ireland won. [3]

In 2006, he played three matches for Ireland in the newly restructured C & G Trophy; against Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Glamorgan, [4] which are his last matches for Ireland to date. [2]

Statistics

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, [2] also his top List A score. [1] He has taken 52 wickets at an average of 26.92, with best innings bowling figures of 4/17 against Scotland in August 2005 [2] also his best first-class bowling performance. [1] In first-class cricket his top score is 8 not out [1] for Ireland [13] against Scotland. [14] In List A cricket, his best bowling performance is 3/19 [1] for Ireland [15] against Uganda. [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cricket Archive profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 First-class matches played by Adrian McCoubrey at CricketArchive – 14 total, six for Ireland, eight for Essex
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 List A matches played by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive – fifteen total, 12 for Ireland, 3 for Essex
  5. ↑ Teams played for by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
  6. ↑ Ireland squad for the 1999 European Under-19 Championship Archived 13 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  7. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  8. 1 2 ICC Trophy matches played by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
  9. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v Wales match, 14 August 2001 at Cricket Archive – the match is part of the 2001 Triple Crown Tournament
  10. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2002 European Championship Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine at the tournament's official site
  11. ↑ Essex sign McCoubrey, 20 September 2002 at Cricinfo
  12. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine at the tournament's official site
  13. ↑ First-class batting for each team by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
  14. ↑ First-class batting against each opponent by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
  15. ↑ List A bowling for each team by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
  16. ↑ List A bowling against each opponent by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
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