Alasdair Evans
Personal information
Full name
Alasdair Campbell Evans
Born (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35)
Pembury, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 38)7 July 2009 v Canada
Last ODI2 October 2021 v Oman
ODI shirt no.45
T20I debut (cap 38)18 June 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I29 July 2022 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.45
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009Loughborough UCCE
2012–2013Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 41 34 13 68
Runs scored 100 2 47 138
Batting average 10.00 0.28 7.83 9.20
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 28 1* 14* 28
Balls bowled 1,886 696 1,485 2,925
Wickets 57 40 26 84
Bowling average 28.84 22.30 38.53 30.02
5 wickets in innings 1 1 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/43 5/24 6/30 4/41
Catches/stumpings 9/– 10/– 3/– 15/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 July 2022

Alasdair Campbell Evans (born 12 January 1989) is an English born Scottish cricketer. Evans is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Pembury, Kent.

Domestic and T20 career

While studying for his degree at Loughborough University,[1] Evans made his first-class debut for Loughborough UCCE against Leicestershire in 2009. He made a further appearance for the team in 2009, against Kent.[2] In that season he made his One Day International debut for Scotland, playing two matches against Canada,[3] in the process claiming his first international wicket, that of Sunil Dhaniram.[4]

Later in August 2009, Evans made his first first-class appearance for Scotland against Ireland in the 2009-10 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In 2010, he played a List A match for Scotland against India A, which Scotland lost by 152 runs.[5] In 2011, he made his most recent first-class appearance for Scotland, which came against the Netherlands in the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8]

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland on 18 June 2015.[9] In December 2017, he finished as the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship, with 24 wickets in 12 matches.[10]

In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[11] In May 2021, during the series against the Netherlands, Evans took his first five-wicket haul in an ODI match.[12] In September 2021, Evans was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Player profile: Alasdair Evans". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Alasdair Evans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ "One-Day International Matches played by Alasdair Evans". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Scotland v Canada, 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Scotland v India A, 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Scotland tour of Ireland, 1st T20I: Ireland v Scotland at Bready, Jun 18, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  10. ^ "ICC World Cricket League, 2015-2016/17 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Scotland bounce back to square series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links

Scotland squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup
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