Peter Gillespie
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium-pace | |
| Career | ODI | First-class |
| Matches | 5 | 12 |
| Runs scored | 2 | 304 |
| Batting average | 0.50 | 21.71 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| Top score | 2 | 53 |
| Balls bowled | 0 | 198 |
| Wickets | - | 5 |
| Bowling average | - | 30.60 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | 0 |
| Best Bowling | - | 3/93 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 0/0 | 7/0 |
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ODI debut: 13 June 2006 |
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Peter Gerard Gillespie (born 11 May 1974 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland[1]) is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler[1], he had played for the Ireland cricket team 116 times up to the start of the 2007 World Cup[2], including twelve first-class matches[3] and 35 List A matches[4], four of which were One Day International.[5] Only three players have played more times for Ireland.[6]
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[edit] Playing Career
[edit] Early Career
Gillespie made his debut for Ireland on 6 June 1995 against the Duchess of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle. He played the following day against the MCC at Lord's.[2] Later in the month, he made his List A debut against Yorkshire in the NatWest Trophy.[4] He then represented Ireland in the Triple Crown Tournament the following month.[7] He played just twice for Ireland in 1996[2], a Benson & Hedges Cup match against Gloucestershire in May[4] and his first-class debut against Scotland in August.[3]
[edit] 1997 ICC Trophy
Gillespie was named in the Ireland squad for the 1997 ICC Trophy and played in nine matches. [8] In the second round match against Hong Kong, he took 3/42[9], his best bowling figures in all matches for Ireland.[2]
[edit] 1997 to 1999
Gillespie played two more games for Ireland in 1997, both Benson & Hedges Cup games, against Middlesex and Glamorgan.[4] In 1998, he began to become a more regular fixture in the Irish side. That year, he played against the MCC, Bangladesh[2], a NatWest Trophy match against Warwickshire[4], South Africa (twice) and Australia[3] in addition to the Triple Crown[10] and the European Championship.[11] He also represented Northern Ireland in the cricket tournament at the 1998 Commonwealth Games[4], the only time to date that cricket has featured in the Commonwealth Games.
The following year, he played first-class matches against the South Africa Academy and Scotland[3] and again played in the Triple Crown.[12]
[edit] 2000 to 2004
The 21st century started for Peter Gillespie with a trip to Zimbabwe to play in the ICC Emerging Nations tournament[13], highlighted by an innings of 74 against Denmark.[2] That year he also played against the MCC, Zimbabwe[2] and in the European Championship.[14]
He was not selected for the Ireland squad for the 2001 ICC Trophy[8], but came back into the side in August[2], playing in the Triple Crown[7] and in the C & G Trophy against Wiltshire and the Hampshire Cricket Board.[4] He won the man of the match award for an innings of 66 in the match against Wiltshire.[15]
2002 started with a C & G Trophy match against Nottinghamshire[2][4] and continued with a match against West Indies A in which he scored 88, his highest score for Ireland at that time[2], again picking up the man of the match award.[16] He then played in the European Championship[17] and against the MCC and Berkshire.[2]
2003 was a busy year, with matches against Zimbabwe, South Africa, the MCC, the Free Foresters and Hertfordshire, amongst others.[2] In 2004, he played in Ireland's famous wins over Surrey in the C & G Trophy, which was only Ireland's second win over a first-class county [18] and the West Indies[19], Ireland's third win over the West Indies.[20], also playing in the European Championship[21], two matches against Bangladesh, once against the MCC[2] and ICC Intercontinental Cup games against Scotland and the Netherlands.[3]
[edit] 2005 ICC Trophy
Gillespie was named in the Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy[22] and warmed up with his first century for Ireland, scoring 102 not out against the MCC in June.[2] He played in five matches in the tournament itself[8], without much success until the semi-final against Canada, where he scored 64 not out to help lead Ireland to the final, winning the man of the match award in the process.[23]
Also in 2005, he played against Loughborough UCCE, Warwickshire and Yorkshire[2], in addition to playing in Intercontinental Cup games against the Netherlands, Scotland, the UAE and the final against Kenya[3], which Ireland won.[24]
[edit] 2006 and onwards
2006 saw Ireland gain One Day International status, and Gillespie played in the first three of Ireland's such games against England, Scotland and the Netherlands.[5] He did not meet with much success in those games however, being dismissed for a duck in each of them. Interestingly, the first match saw him dismissed on the third ball, the second on the second ball, and the third on the first ball.[25]
That year, he also played in all nine of Ireland's C & G Trophy games[4], against the MCC[2], in the European Championship[26] and Intercontinental Cup games against Scotland and Namibia.[3]
He was named in Ireland's squad for Division One of the World Cricket League in January/February 2007[27], but he only played in the match against Kenya.[5] He then played in an Intercontinental Cup game against the UAE[2] before being named in Ireland's squad for the 2007 World Cup.[28]
He didn't play in Ireland's first round matches as they beat Pakistan[29] and tied against Zimbabwe[30] to reach the Super 8 stage, and missed the first two matches in that stage[31] before playing in the third match against New Zealand.[5]
[edit] Statistics
In all matches for Ireland up until the 2007 World Cup, Gillespie scored 2599 runs at an average of 27.65, and took 18 wickets at an average of 37.33.[2]
[edit] Relations
Gillespie comes from a cricketing family, with three other members of his family all playing for Strabane, his club side in Ireland.[25] His brother Mark also represented Ireland internationally.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Cricket Archive profile
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
- ^ a b c d e f g First-class matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c d e f g h i List A matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive - 38 in total, 2 for Northern Ireland, 1 during the 2007 World Cup
- ^ a b c d One-Day Internationals played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive - Five in total, one of which is during the 2007 World Cup
- ^ Most Matches played for Ireland at CricketEurope Stats Zone
- ^ a b Other matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b c ICC Trophy matches played by Peter Gillespie at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Hong Match in the 1997 ICC Trophy at Cricket Archive
- ^ Ireland squad for the 1998 Triple Crown tournament at CricketEurope
- ^ Ireland squad for the 1998 European Championship at CricketEurope
- ^ Ireland squad for the 1999 Triple Crown at CricketEurope
- ^ Ireland squad for the 2000 ICC Emerging Nations tournament at CricketEurope
- ^ Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope
- ^ Scorecard of Wiltshire v Ireland in August 2001 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Ireland v West Indies A match in June 2002 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Ireland squad for the 2002 European Championship at CricketEurope
- ^ Match report on Ireland v Surrey C & G Trophy match in May 2004 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Ireland v West Indies match in June 2004 at Cricket Archive
- ^ Article about Ireland's win over the West Indies in 2004 at CricketEurope
- ^ Squads for the 2004 European Championship at Cricket Europe
- ^ Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy at the tournament's official website
- ^ Scorecard of 2005 ICC Trophy Semi Final between Ireland and Scotland at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of 2005 Intercontinental Cup final between Ireland and Kenya at Cricket Archive
- ^ a b Cricinfo profile
- ^ Squads for the 2006 European Championship at Cricket Europe
- ^ Squads for the 2007 World Cricket League Division One at CricketEurope
- ^ Ireland squad for the 2007 World Cup at CricketEurope
- ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Pakistan match in the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Zimbabwe match in the 2007 World Cup at Cricket Archive
- ^ Scorecards of matches one and two in the 2007 World Cup Super Eight stage for Ireland
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