Miriam Grealey

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Miriam Grealey
Personal information
Full nameMiriam Elizabeth Grealey
Born (1965-12-27) 27 December 1965 (age 56)
Donegal, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  2)30 July 2000 v  Pakistan
ODI debut(cap  4)28 June 1987 v  Australia
Last ODI1 April 2005 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA
Matches17981
Runs scored161,4121,428
Batting average 16.0023.1423.03
100s/50s0/01/51/5
Top score16101101
Balls bowled2,8032,887
Wickets 3842
Bowling average 44.7141.02
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling2/54/16
Catches/stumpings 0/–13/–13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 December 2021

Miriam Elizabeth Grealey (born 27 December 1965) is an Irish former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in one Test match and 79 One Day Internationals for Ireland between 1987 and 2005. [1] [2] She was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Ireland. [3] [4]

Her ODI high score came in 2000, when she hit 101 against Pakistan. [5] In 2017, she was one of two women inducted into the Cricket Writers' Hall of Fame. [6] She is also an Honorary Life Member of the MCC, the first Irish citizen to be so honoured. [7]

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