George Munsey
- Ryan Burl
- Regis Chakabva
- Tendai Chatara
- Craig Ervine
- Luke Jongwe
- Innocent Kaia
- Wessly Madhevere
- Richard Ngarava
- Sikandar Raza
- Sean Williams
Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months
Full Name
Henry George Munsey
Born
February 21, 1993, Oxford
Age
30y 28d
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Opening Batter
TEAMS
Known as the reverse-sweeping demon of the Associate world, George Munsey's path to the Scotland national team is as unorthodox as his trademark shot. Born and raised in Oxford, Munsey had dreams of becoming a professional golfer and it was a golf scholarship to the Loretto School, just outside Edinburgh, that brought him to Scotland at age 13.
However, Munsey's self-realisation that he preferred a team environment over the individualistic nature of golf began to take shape while captaining the cricket team at the school. Upon graduation, he stayed in Edinburgh and continued to work his way up the ladder via club cricket.
He made his T20I debut in 2015 against Ireland, and got his maiden international fifty a month later during the T20 World Cup Qualifier on home soil.
Through the rest of the 2010s and into the 2020s, Munsey has been a dominant presence at the top of the order in Scotland's T20I side, constantly disrupting opposition bowling attacks with that reverse sweep. However, he showed he is more than just a one-trick pony at the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. With most teams having finally taken the time to scout him and plug that shot with multiple boundary riders behind point, Munsey went back to his golfing roots to drive his way to a pair of half-centuries, including one in a Player-of-the-Match performance to complete a famous upset win over West Indies.
In the ODI side, Munsey bats lower down, taking on spinners in the middle overs where his plethora of sweeps continue to come in handy. But it doesn't mean he is any less potent and as a result he has proven he can be an effective finisher too, making him a versatile batting threat.
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ODI | 49 | 48 | 9 | 1520 | 103* | 38.97 | 1819 | 83.56 | 1 | 11 | 156 | 41 | 22 | 0 |
T20I | 56 | 54 | 4 | 1438 | 127* | 28.76 | 1016 | 141.53 | 1 | 9 | 172 | 58 | 20 | 0 |
FC | 4 | 5 | 1 | 224 | 100* | 56.00 | 371 | 60.37 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
List A | 70 | 63 | 10 | 2055 | 108 | 38.77 | 2353 | 87.33 | 2 | 14 | 223 | 56 | 29 | 0 |
T20 | 67 | 65 | 5 | 1586 | 127* | 26.43 | 1135 | 139.73 | 1 | 9 | 193 | 63 | 27 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ODI | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20I | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FC | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
List A | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T20 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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ODI Matches
T20I Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches
Match | Bat | Date | Ground | Format |
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Scotland vs Nepal | 60 | 21-Feb-2023 | Kirtipur | ODI # 4520 |
Scotland vs Namibia | 103* | 15-Feb-2023 | Kirtipur | ODI # 4516 |
DC vs MI Emirates | 51 | 09-Feb-2023 | Sharjah | OTHERT20 |
DC vs MI Emirates | 14 | 05-Feb-2023 | Dubai (DSC) | OTHERT20 |
DC vs Vipers | 0 | 02-Feb-2023 | Dubai (DSC) | OTHERT20 |