Martin McCague

Martin John McCague (born 24 May 1969) is a former professional cricketer who played for the England cricket team in three Test matches in 1993 and 1994. McCague was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Australia where he began his professional career.[1]

Martin McCague
Personal information
Full name
Martin John McCague
Born (1969-05-24) 24 May 1969
Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 568)1 July 1993 v Australia
Last Test25 November 1994 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1990/91–1991/92Western Australia
1991–2001Kent
2002–2005Herefordshire
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 3 135 166 2
Runs scored 21 2,324 800 6
Batting average 4.20 16.48 11.94 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/6 0/1 0/0
Top score 11 72 56 6
Balls bowled 593 22,924 6,971 0
Wickets 6 456 211 –
Bowling average 65.00 27.17 27.27 –
5 wickets in innings 0 25 3 –
10 wickets in match 0 2 0 –
Best bowling 4/121 9/86 5/26 –
Catches/stumpings 1/– 75/– 32/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 January 2013

Career

His development as a cricketer started in Australia, where he grew up.[2] He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club, who due to his Northern Ireland origins were allowed to field both him and an overseas player.

His selection for England drew negative comments from some cricket commentators including John Woodcock since he had started his career in Australia. It was not just English fans who disliked this: during the 1994/5 Ashes in Australia, when he hailed a taxi, the Australian driver called him a traitor and refused to take him.[3] He bowled well on debut, taking 4 for 121 in the first innings of the 1993 Trent Bridge Test,[4] but enjoyed less success in the next Test as Headingley as Australia ran up 653 for 4 declared and won by an innings, thus retaining the Ashes.[5]

McCague had considerable pace but lacked control. With his experience of first-class cricket in Australia, his selection for England's Ashes tour of 1994/5 was not as surprising as is sometimes suggested. He started the tour well, taking 5 for 31 as England beat South Australia.[6] But after England lost in the first Test at Brisbane, injured and out of favour, he played in no more of the first-class matches or any of the one-day internationals.

In 1994 McCague took 15 for 147 in a championship match against Derbyshire, including career best innings figures of 9 for 86,[7] on his way to 57 wickets that season at 19.01.[8] The following year he took 21 wickets in helping Kent to win the Sunday League.[9] He continued to play county cricket for many years albeit intermittently. He played some Twenty20 cricket in 2005.

Personal life

McCague played one first team game for semi-professional Australian rules football team North Adelaide in 1990.

He has two children and as of 2018 plays for Leeds and Broomfield Cricket Club.

According to Steve Marsh's autobiography, McCague consumed 72 pints of Guinness during his stag weekend in Dublin.[10]

References
  1. "Poacher-turned-gamekeeper". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. Cricket: 'I tried my nuts off every day', The Irish Independent, 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. Smyth R (2017) 'Let him die of thirst': Douglas Jardine and the long history of Ashes sledging, The Guardian, 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  4. "Full Scorecard of England v Australia, 3rd Test 1993". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. "Full Scorecard of Australia v England, 4th Test 1993". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. "Full Scorecard of South Australia v England XI, 1994-5". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. "Derbyshire v Kent at Derby, 18-22 August 1994". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. "First Class Season 1994 - Leading Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. "ENG: Sunday League 1995 - Statistics". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  10. "Martin McCague profile and biography". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

Martin McCague at ESPNcricinfo

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