Alex Cusack

Ireland

Full name Alex Richard Cusack

Born October 29, 1980, Brisbane, Australia

Current age 39 years 216 days

Major teams Ireland, Ireland A

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	59	47	14	745	71	22.57	1159	64.27	0	2	57	6	18
T20Is	37	21	6	229	65	15.26	177	129.37	0	1	17	6	7
First-class	19	27	3	852	130	35.50	1917	44.44	1	5	113	3	12
List A	87	67	17	1103	71	22.06	1747	63.13	0	3	89	8	26
T20s	57	33	8	359	65	14.36	320	112.18	0	1	21	8	17

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	59	52	1953	1510	63	5/20	5/20	23.96	4.63	31.0	1	1
T20Is	37	33	606	714	35	4/11	4/11	20.40	7.06	17.3	3	0
First-class	19	22	833	386	12	4/31	5/32	32.16	2.78	69.4	1	0
List A	87	77	2939	2237	87	5/20	5/20	25.71	4.56	33.7	1	1
T20s	57	51	906	1086	59	4/11	4/11	18.40	7.19	15.3	3	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Ireland v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 24, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	Ireland v England at Dublin (Malahide), May 8, 2015 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Ireland v Scotland at Belfast, Aug 2, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	Ireland v Netherlands at Dublin (Malahide), Jul 25, 2015 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Ireland v Scotland at Belfast, Aug 9-12, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class	Ireland v Australia A at Belfast, Jun 14-17, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	Ireland v Middlesex at Dublin, Jun 10, 2007 scorecard
Last List A	Ireland v England at Dublin (Malahide), May 8, 2015 scorecard
T20s debut	Ireland v Bangladesh A at Eglinton, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Ireland v Netherlands at Dublin (Malahide), Jul 25, 2015 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0, 1/21	Ireland	v Netherlands	Dublin (Malahide)	25 Jul 2015	T20I # 447
3/26	Ireland	v Jersey	Dublin (Malahide)	19 Jul 2015	T20
0/26, 0*	Ireland	v Hong Kong	Dublin (Malahide)	17 Jul 2015	T20I # 441
13*, 1/27	Ireland	v P.N.G.	Belfast	15 Jul 2015	T20I # 437
1/7	Ireland	v Nepal	Belfast	13 Jul 2015	T20I # 436
2/19	Ireland	v U.S.A.	Belfast	12 Jul 2015	T20
2/25	Ireland	v Namibia	Belfast	10 Jul 2015	T20
3/20	Ireland	v Oman	Belfast	7 Jul 2015	Other T20
-	Ireland	v Scotland	Bready	21 Jun 2015	T20I # 422
0/33	Ireland	v Scotland	Bready	20 Jun 2015	T20I # 421

Profile

Alex Cusack, a Brisbane-born carpenter, qualified for Ireland through residency and made a spectacular ODI debut against South Africa in 2007, winning the m-of-the-match award for his unbeaten 36 and 3 for 15. He combines nagging medium-pace bowling with sensible batting, and has been highly valued by his coach Phil Simmons for his calm temperament and experience. That was evident during Ireland's famous victory over England in the 2011 World Cup, when Cusack hit a perfectly judged 47, adding 162 with Kevin O'Brien to turn the game around before selflessly sacrificing himself after a mix-up. On slow wickets his bowling can thrive, as when he took 4 for 11 in a Twenty20 game against the West Indies in 2014, although he was mauled in all three games of the 2014 World T20 to raise concerns about his effectiveness on flatter tracks. Despite injury concerns, he remained in Ireland's plans for the 2015 World Cup.
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Alex Cusack

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