Neil McCallum (cricketer)

Neil McCallum
Personal information
Full name
Neil Francis Ian McCallum
Born (1977-11-22) 22 November 1977 (age 47)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 18)27 June 2006 v Pakistan
Last ODI10 July 2010 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 5)12 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I11 February 2010 v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 43 11 14 90
Runs scored 1002 76 714 1,890
Batting average 27.83 10.85 44.62 24.54
100s/50s 2/4 –/– 3/1 4/9
Top score 121* 38 181 121*
Balls bowled – – – –
Wickets – – – –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 13/– –/– 14/– 32/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 August 2011

Neil Francis Ian McCallum (born 22 November 1977)[1] is a Scottish cricketer. He made his first-class cricket debut on 11 May 2006, for Scotland against Namibia in the 2006–07 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2]

He is a right-handed batsman. He made his debut for Scotland on 4 July 2000 against an England Amateur team.[citation needed] McCallum has since represented Scotland in One Day International (ODI) matches, his first match at this level coming against Pakistan in June 2006.[1] On 29 January 2007, he scored an unbeaten 102 as Scotland defeated Ireland in Nairobi. He became the second Scottish cricketer to score an ODI century after Ryan Watson. He along with Ryan Watson set the record for the highest ever partnership for any wicket in ODI history as debutants (118 for the 5th wicket). This is also the only stand in ODI history that two new debutants had a 100+ runs stand for any wicket in ODI cricket.[3][4] He was also nominated for Scotland's batsman of the year awards in 2006/2007. He also played cricket for Edinburgh-based Grange Cricket Club, appearing regularly for their first XIs, as a top order batsman.[5] He currently works as a PE teacher at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, which he also attended as a pupil.[citation needed]

He holds the joint record with Kapil Dev for facing the most balls when batting at number six position in an ODI innings (138).[6]

  1. ^ a b "Neil McCallum". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Aberdeen, May 11 – 13 2006, ICC Intercontinental Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Records | One-Day Internationals | Partnership records | Highest partnership by debutants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Only ODI: Scotland v Pakistan at Edinburgh, Jun 27, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Treble winners Grange give Neil McCallum the perfect send-off". Edinburgh Evening News. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.