Craig Young

Ireland|Bowler
Craig Young
INTL CAREER: 2014 - 2023
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Full Name

Craig Alexander Young

Born

April 04, 1990, Londonderry, Ireland

Age

32y 361d

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.

Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODI363317181571595/465/4626.625.4829.1110
T20I545210591411574/134/1324.757.9918.5200
FC172825791510665/378/12222.873.5139.0420
List A666230502735975/465/4628.195.3831.4410
T208482169322481055/155/1521.407.9616.1320
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODI3622108212*6.8311074.54007280
T20I5419865225.908378.310052100
FC1717695238.6322342.600012150
List A664314251308.6530482.5600217150
T20843012122226.7714385.3100112230
Craig Alexander Young
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Craig Young dismissed Martin Guptill and Glenn Phillips
Tom Latham runs out Craig Young
Craig Young is presented with his 100th cap by team-mate George Dockrell
Andy Balbirnie presents Craig Young with a special cap for his 50th T20I
Craig Young dives to make his ground, wicketkeeper Lorcan Tucker takes evasive action
Craig Young falls while running Luke Jongwe out