Jeremy Bray (cricketer)

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Jeremy Bray
Ireland
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Paul Bray
Born 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) (age 34)
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand
Bowling style -
International information
ODI debut (cap 2) 13 June 2006: v England
Last ODI 18 April 2007: v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 3
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004–present Ireland
1997/8 New South Wales
Career statistics
ODIs FC LA ICC
Matches 15 10 40 6
Runs scored 401 833 882 145
Batting average 28.64 55.53 23.21 24.16
100s/50s 2/0 3/3 2/4 0/1
Top score 116 190 116 70
Balls bowled 0 109 0 0
Wickets 0 0 0 0
Bowling average n/a n/a n/a n/a
5 wickets in innings n/a 0 n/a n/a
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling n/a n/a n/a n/a
Catches/stumpings 6/0 7/0 21/2 9/1;

As of 24 August 2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

Jeremy Paul Bray (born November 30, 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian-born Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed top order batsman. Bray was the Player of the Championships at the 1992-93 Australian Under-19 Cricket Championships in Brisbane and was selected for the Australian Under-19 side, playing two Youth Tests and one Youth ODI. He also played one List A match for New South Wales.

Bray played grade cricket in Sydney for the St. George Cricket Club with his fellow Irish World Cup teammate David Langford-Smith, where he was well known for his aggressive batting approach. Nicknamed "Words" for his talkative nature, Bray later moved to Ireland to continue his cricketing career.

After moving to Ireland, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in a C&G Trophy match against Berkshire. He has since gone on to play for Ireland on over 50 occasions. Before Ireland was granted ODI status he played in the European Championships in 2004 and 2006 in addition to the 2005 ICC Trophy.

On 30 January 2007 he became the first ever Irish cricketer to score an ODI century with an innings of 116 against Scotland.

Six weeks later, he scored 115 off 137 balls, on his and Ireland's World Cup debut, against Zimbabwe. The game finished in a tie and he was awarded man of the match for his performance.

In the final of the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup against Canada, Bray opened the innings for Ireland and made 146. His innings was particularly aggressive as in his 202 run opening stand his partner Will Porterfield made just 54.

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Ireland squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Johnston (Captain) • 2 McCallan • 3 Botha • 4 Bray • 5 Carroll • 6 Gillespie • 7 Langford-Smith • 8 J Mooney • 9 P Mooney • 10 Morgan • 11 K O'Brien • 12 N O'Brien • 13 Porterfield • 14 Rankin • 15 White • Coach: Birrell
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