Kyle McCallan
Cricket Player
1975 –
Who is Kyle McCallan?
William Kyle McCallan, MBE, usually known as Kyle McCallan, is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, 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. Only three players have captained Ireland more times than McCallan, and only Jason Molins has captained them to more wins. He has also played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Surrey.
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, 61 List A matches and 19 One-Day Internationals, all of Ireland's ODIs to date. He represented Ireland at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and the ICC Trophy in 2001 and 2005. He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
McCallan was awarded the MBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours for his services to cricket.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1975
Carrickfergus - Also known as
- William Kyle McCallan
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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