(1975-08-27) 27 August 1975 (age 48) Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm off spin
International information
National side
Ireland
ODI debut (cap 7)
13 June 2006 v England
Last ODI
27 August 2009 v England
ODI shirt no.
7
Career statistics
Competition
ODI
T20I
FC
LA
Matches
39
9
25
99
Runs scored
361
11
552
1,299
Batting average
20.05
11.00
22.08
21.65
100s/50s
0/1
0/0
0/3
0/2
Top score
50*
9*
65
53*
Balls bowled
1,804
131
3,679
4,229
Wickets
39
8
55
81
Bowling average
30.97
19.00
29.41
35.91
5 wickets in innings
0
0
1
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
4/30
2/26
5/34
4/30
Catches/stumpings
4/–
3/–
17/–
16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 August 2009
William Kyle McCallanMBE (born 27 August 1975), usually known as Kyle McCallan, is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,[1][2] 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.[3] Only three players have captained Ireland more times than McCallan, and only Jason Molins has captained them to more wins.[4] He has also played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Surrey.[5]
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,[6] 61 List A matches[7] and 19 One-Day Internationals,[8] all of Ireland's ODIs to date.[9] He represented Ireland at the 2007 Cricket World Cup,[10] and the ICC Trophy in 2001 and 2005.[11] He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[7]
McCallan was awarded the MBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours for his services to cricket.[12][13]
^Cricket Archive profile
^"All-time Ireland team (1)". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^Most matches played for Ireland Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine CricketEurope Stats Zone
^Ireland Captains results Archived 4 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine CricketEurope Stats Zone
^Teams played for by Kyle McCallan CricketArchive
^First-class matches played by Kyle McCallan Cricket Archive
^ abList A matches played by Kyle McCallan Cricket Archive – 64 in total, three of which are for Northern Ireland
^ODIs played by Kyle McCallan Cricket Archive
^[List of Ireland ODIs] Cricket Archive
^Ireland squad for the 2007 World Cup Archived 18 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine CricketEurope
^ICC Trophy matches played by Kyle McCallan Cricket Archive
^"No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 19.
^Tony McCoy and Kyle McCallan head NI sporting honours BBC Sport, 11 June 2010
William KyleMcCallan MBE (born 27 August 1975), usually known as KyleMcCallan, is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler...
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Paul Collingwood making 90, Kevin Pietersen 48 and Andrew Flintoff 43. KyleMcCallan was the most economical bowler for Ireland, and also took the wicket...
won the third place playoff to qualify. ScotlandTeam Kyle Coetzer Gavin Hamilton (c) Neil McCallum Navdeep Poonia Fraser Watts Ryan Watson Majid Haq...
been unavailable, sometimes due to commitments with his county side, KyleMcCallan had filled the role of captain. The table of results is complete up...
Paul Collingwood making 90, Kevin Pietersen 48 and Andrew Flintoff 43. KyleMcCallan was the most economical bowler for Ireland, and also took the wicket...
Belfast Telegraph: 29 January 2006; accessed 19 January 2009 Tony McCoy and KyleMcCallan head NI sporting honours BBC Sport, 11 June 2010 "BBC Jackie knows...
59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 11. Tony McCoy and KyleMcCallan head NI sporting honours Archived 10 September 2022 at the Wayback...
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former economics teacher Michelle McIlveen, taught history and politics Willie Anderson, former PE teacher KyleMcCallan, teacher from 2005 to 2016, took...
original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015. "Player profile: KyleMcCallan". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved...
number of World Cup tournaments played with 6. Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath holds the record for the most World Cup wickets taken with 71, the record...
early in 2010, Ireland had lost their two most experienced spinners, KyleMcCallan and Regan West, to retirement and injury respectively. For the 2010...
McAuley – boxer Kevin McBride – boxer Willie John McBride – rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captain KyleMcCallan – cricketer David McCann...
back well to beat Bangladesh by 114 runs: the Northern Irish made 177 (McCallan 53) before Cooke took 5–35, as Bangladesh were dismissed for 63. One-day...
Sehwag of India when they achieved a striekk rate of 4.2 balls per wicket. McGrath has the best strike rate for Ireland during his spell of 7/15 against...
Provident Trophy matches as he was called into the Gloucestershire squad, KyleMcCallan took over the role of captain. After Gloucestershire batsman Craig Spearman...
Gordon Cooke Peter Gillespie Trent Johnston Dominick Joyce Ed Joyce KyleMcCallan Adrian McCoubrey Jason Molins Paul Mooney Eoin Morgan Naseer Shaukat Andrew...
out, essentially by the batsmen on strike (Matsikenyeri) who returned McCallan's ball with a fierce straight drive, taking Taylor's wicket down in the...
against the Dutch – went after the target. But the former Essex bowler, Adrian McCoubrey, took four for 17 as the Scots crashed to 34 for four, and despite...
Kenway top-scoring in the innings with 47, before he was dismissed by KyleMcCallan. He continues to play club cricket in Hampshire. His brother, Derek...
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