Peter Gillespie

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Peter Gillespie
Personal information
Full name
Peter Gerard Gillespie
Born (1974-05-11) 11 May 1974 (age 49)
Strabane, Northern Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Relations Mark Gillespie (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  3)13 June 2006 v  England
Last ODI9 April 2007 v  New Zealand
ODI shirt no.05
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches51344
Runs scored2322949
Batting average 0.5021.4626.36
100s/50s0/00/20/8
Top score25374
Balls bowled–198180
Wickets –52
Bowling average –30.6084.50
5 wickets in innings –00
10 wickets in match–00
Best bowling–3/932/27
Catches/stumpings 0/–7/–5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2017

Peter Gerard Gillespie (born 11 May 1974) is a Northern Irish former cricketer. [1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, [2] he had played for the Ireland cricket team 116 times up to the start of the 2007 World Cup, [3] including twelve first-class matches [4] and 35 List A matches, [5] four of which were One Day International. [6] Only three players have played more times for Ireland. [7]

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Playing career

Early career

Born 11 May 1974 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, [2] Gillespie made his debut for Ireland on 6 June 1995 against the Duchess of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle. He played the following day against the MCC at Lord's. [3] Later in the month, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy. [5] He then represented Ireland in the Triple Crown Tournament the following month. [8] He played just twice for Ireland in 1996, [3] a Benson & Hedges Cup match against Gloucestershire in May [5] and his first-class debut against Scotland in August. [4]

1997 ICC Trophy

Gillespie was named in the Ireland squad for the 1997 ICC Trophy and played in nine matches. [9] In the second round match against Hong Kong, he took 3/42, [10] his best bowling figures in all matches for Ireland. [3]

1997 to 1999

Gillespie played two more games for Ireland in 1997, both Benson & Hedges Cup games, against Middlesex and Glamorgan. [5] In 1998, he began to become a more regular fixture in the Irish side. That year, he played against the MCC, Bangladesh, [3] a NatWest Trophy match against Warwickshire, [5] South Africa (twice) and Australia [4] in addition to the Triple Crown [11] and the European Championship. [12] He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, [5] the only time to date that cricket has featured in the Commonwealth Games.

The following year, he played first-class matches against the South Africa Academy and Scotland [4] and again played in the Triple Crown. [13]

2000 to 2004

The 21st century started for Peter Gillespie with a trip to Zimbabwe to play in the ICC Emerging Nations tournament, [14] highlighted by an innings of 74 against Denmark. [3] That year he also played against the MCC, Zimbabwe [3] and in the European Championship. [15]

He was not selected for the Ireland squad for the 2001 ICC Trophy, [9] but came back into the side in August, [3] playing in the Triple Crown [8] and in the C & G Trophy against Wiltshire and the Hampshire Cricket Board. [5] He won the man of the match award for an innings of 66 in the match against Wiltshire. [16]

2002 started with a C & G Trophy match against Nottinghamshire [3] [5] and continued with a match against West Indies A in which he scored 88, his highest score for Ireland at that time, [3] again picking up the man of the match award. [17] He then played in the European Championship [18] and against the MCC and Berkshire. [3]

2003 was a busy year, with matches against Zimbabwe, South Africa, the MCC, the Free Foresters and Hertfordshire, amongst others. [3] In 2004, he played in Ireland's famous wins over Surrey in the C & G Trophy, which was only Ireland's second win over a first-class county [19] and the West Indies, [20] Ireland's third win over the West Indies, [21] also playing in the European Championship, [22] two matches against Bangladesh, once against the MCC [3] and ICC Intercontinental Cup games against Scotland and the Netherlands. [4]

2005 ICC Trophy

Gillespie was named in the Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy [23] and warmed up with his first century for Ireland, scoring 102 not out against the MCC in June. [3] He played in five matches in the tournament itself, [9] without much success until the semi-final against Canada, where he scored 64 not out to help lead Ireland to the final, winning the man of the match award in the process. [24]

Also in 2005, he played against Loughborough UCCE, Warwickshire and Yorkshire, [3] in addition to playing in Intercontinental Cup games against the Netherlands, Scotland, the UAE and the final against Kenya, [4] which Ireland won. [25]

2006 and onwards

2006 saw Ireland gain One Day International status, and Gillespie played in the first three of Ireland's such games against England, Scotland and the Netherlands. [6] He did not meet with much success in those games however, being dismissed for a duck in each of them. The first match saw him dismissed on the third ball, the second on the second ball, and the third on the first ball. [26]

That year, he also played in all nine of Ireland's C & G Trophy games, [5] against the MCC, [3] in the European Championship [27] and Intercontinental Cup games against Scotland and Namibia. [4]

He was named in Ireland's squad for Division One of the World Cricket League in January/February 2007, [28] but he only played in the match against Kenya. [6] He then played in an Intercontinental Cup game against the UAE [3] before being named in Ireland's squad for the 2007 World Cup. [29]

He did not play in Ireland's first round matches as they beat Pakistan [30] and tied against Zimbabwe [31] to reach the Super 8 stage, and missed the first two matches in that stage [32] before playing in the third match against New Zealand. [6]

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland up until the 2007 World Cup, Gillespie scored 2599 runs at an average of 27.65, and took 18 wickets at an average of 37.33. [3]

Relations

Gillespie comes from a cricketing family, with three other members of his family all playing for Strabane, his club side in Ireland. [26] His brother Mark also represented Ireland internationally. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "All-time Ireland team (2)". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Cricket Archive profile
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 First-class matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 List A matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive – 38 in total, 2 for Northern Ireland, 1 during the 2007 World Cup
  6. 1 2 3 4 One-Day Internationals played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive – Five in total, one of which is during the 2007 World Cup
  7. ↑ Most Matches played for Ireland at CricketEurope Stats Zone
  8. 1 2 Other matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive
  9. 1 2 3 ICC Trophy matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive
  10. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v Hong Match in the 1997 ICC Trophy at Cricket Archive
  11. ↑ Ireland squad for the 1998 Triple Crown tournament at CricketEurope
  12. ↑ Ireland squad for the 1998 European Championship at CricketEurope
  13. ↑ Ireland squad for the 1999 Triple Crown at CricketEurope
  14. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2000 ICC Emerging Nations tournament at CricketEurope
  15. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope
  16. ↑ Scorecard of Wiltshire v Ireland in August 2001 at Cricket Archive
  17. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v West Indies A match in June 2002 at Cricket Archive
  18. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2002 European Championship at CricketEurope
  19. ↑ Match report on Ireland v Surrey C & G Trophy match in May 2004 at Cricket Archive
  20. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v West Indies match in June 2004 at Cricket Archive
  21. ↑ Article about Ireland's win over the West Indies in 2004 at CricketEurope
  22. ↑ Squads for the 2004 European Championship at Cricket Europe
  23. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy at the tournament's official website
  24. ↑ Scorecard of 2005 ICC Trophy Semi Final between Ireland and Scotland at Cricket Archive
  25. ↑ Scorecard of 2005 Intercontinental Cup final between Ireland and Kenya at Cricket Archive
  26. 1 2 Cricinfo profile
  27. ↑ Squads for the 2006 European Championship at Cricket Europe
  28. ↑ Squads for the 2007 World Cricket League Division One at CricketEurope
  29. ↑ Ireland squad for the 2007 World Cup at CricketEurope
  30. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v Pakistan match in the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Cricket Archive
  31. ↑ Scorecard of Ireland v Zimbabwe match in the 2007 World Cup at Cricket Archive
  32. ↑ Scorecards of matches one and two in the 2007 World Cup Super Eight stage for Ireland
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