Full Name

Craig Alexander Young

Born

April 04, 1990, Londonderry, Ireland

Age

34y 157d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

One of a number of players to emerge out of Ireland's robust Under-19 squads from the early 2010s, Craig Young became the ninth bowler to take a five-for on men's ODI debut when he demolished Scotland in Malahide in September 2014. It was a well-timed performance for Young, considering he had just lost his county contract with Sussex and parlayed that into a Cricket Ireland central contract.

Before long, Young was drawing comparisons with Boyd Rankin, not just because of his threatening pace and bounce but also his Londonderry roots. Unfortunately his career has mirrored Rankin in another way - that of catching the injury bug. Since making his debut, Young has been in the starting XI for less than half of Ireland's ODIs while dealing with a rash of fitness issues. But when he's been able to take the field, there have been few more impressive statistical performers for Ireland. He has one of the highest strike rates and lowest bowling averages among Ireland's top ODI wicket-takers.

Craig Young Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2427413283/245/5516.502.8934.2000
ODIs454221321930745/465/4626.085.4328.8110
T20Is656312981741754/134/1323.218.0417.3200
FC213530751810755/378/12224.133.5341.0420
List A8176371033311225/465/4627.305.3830.4510
T20s104102208828051315/155/1521.418.0615.9420

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests221434.002020.00000010
ODIs45241212540*10.4115779.610094120
T20Is65221172226.549972.720052110
FC21207101237.7624541.220012170
List A81501732040*9.6938483.33002610200
T20s1043715135226.1317776.2700112240
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Recent Matches of Craig Young

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
NW Warriors vs Reds--2/3205-Sep-2024BreadyList A
Warriors vs Reds--0/1404-Sep-2024BreadyT20
NW Warriors vs Leinster70/2329-Aug-2024DublinList A
Warriors vs Leinster20/1528-Aug-2024DublinT20
Warriors vs Knights--0/3714-Aug-2024EglintonT20

Photos of Craig Young

Craig Young ended the 68-run fourth-wicket stand amid an afternoon drizzle
Barry McCarthy taking the first two wickets set up Ireland's comeback
Craig Young celebrates with his team-mates
Craig Young dives in the field
Craig Young took 2 for 27 off his four overs
Andy Balbirnie holds aloft the series trophy