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Full name | Ciara Johanna Metcalfe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | 29 September 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 6) | 30 July 2000 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 41) | 19 July 1999 v Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 19 February 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 16) | 6 August 2009 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 17 November 2018 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–2017 | Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,20 June 2021 |
Ciara Johanna Metcalfe (born 29 September 1979) is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-arm leg break bowler. She appeared in 1 Test match,53 One Day Internationals and 25 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 1999 and 2018,playing her final match during the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. [1] [2] She also played in the Women's Super Series for Dragons,and spent one season playing for Northamptonshire in 2018. [3]
Metcalfe was born in Dublin,and has played club cricket for Malahide and Pembroke. [4] Her debut for Ireland came in June 1999,against an England A team, [5] and her One Day International (ODI) debut came the following month,at the age of 19,when she played three matches at the 1999 European Championship in Denmark. [6] In July 2000,Metcalfe was selected in Ireland's squad for its inaugural (and,so far,only) Test match,against Pakistan. In Pakistan's first innings,she took 4/26 from twelve overs to help bowl the team out for 53. [7] Several months later,Metcalfe was selected in the squad for the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand,although she would only play two matches at the tournament (against Sri Lanka and England). [6]
One of Ireland's best spinners,Metcalfe was a regular in the national team throughout the remainder of the 2000s,although she did not gain selection for the 2005 World Cup in South Africa. [8] In an ODI against the Netherlands at the 2007 European Championship,she took her only five-wicket haul at that level,5/18 from 8.3 overs. [9] Her performance set a new record for the best ODI bowling figures by an Irishwoman (beating Susan Bray's 5/27 against Denmark in 1990),although it has since been surpassed. [10] The following year,at the 2008 World Cup Qualifier,Metcalfe took eight wickets at an average of 14.25,behind only Isobel Joyce for Ireland. [11]
Metcalfe announced her retirement from international cricket in 2011,concluding her ODI career with figures of 4/27 against Sri Lanka. [12] In 42 ODIs,she took 50 wickets at an average of 25.08,placing her behind only Isobel Joyce and Barbara McDonald in terms of wickets taken for Ireland. [13] In 2015,however,Metcalfe announced that she would again be available for the national team. [14] Her international appearances since her return have all been at Twenty20 International level,and have included a series against Australia and matches at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier. [15]
In June 2018,she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [16] During the tournament match against Uganda,she took her 100th wicket for Ireland. [17] [18] In October 2018,she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. [19] She announced that she would retire from international cricket at the end of the tournament. [20]
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