John Blain (cricketer)

John Blain
Personal information
Full name
John Angus Rae Blain
Born (1979-01-04) 4 January 1979 (age 45)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 3)16 May 1999 v Australia
Last ODI19 April 2009 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 1)12 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I4 August 2008 v Kenya
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997–2003Northamptonshire
2004–2006Yorkshire (squad no. 44)
2010Yorkshire (squad no. 44)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 33 6 42 102
Runs scored 284 4 495 635
Batting average 14.94 2.00 15.96 15.48
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 41 3* 93 41
Balls bowled 1,329 120 5,945 4,388
Wickets 41 6 120 143
Bowling average 28.60 18.00 35.55 25.72
5 wickets in innings 1 0 4 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/22 2/23 6/42 5/22
Catches/stumpings 8/– 1/– 12/– 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2009

John Angus Rae Blain (born 4 January 1979)[1] is a Scottish first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. In May 2019, he was inducted into Cricket Scotland's Hall of Fame.[2] However, in July 2022, Blain was "temporarily suspended" from the hall of fame.[3]

  1. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. ^ "E R Thompson and J A R Blain Inducted into Hall of Fame". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Cricket Scotland: John Blain 'temporarily suspended' from hall of fame". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.