Alasdair Evans

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.

Alasdair Evans
Personal information
Full name
Alasdair Campbell Evans
Born (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989
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

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. "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.
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