| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Calum Scott MacLeod | |||
| Born | 15 November 1988 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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| Nickname | Cloudy, Scot | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Scotland | |||
| ODI debut (cap 34) | 18 August 2008 v England | |||
| Last ODI | 19 April 2009 v Afghanistan | |||
| T20I debut (cap 17) | 6 June 2009 v New Zealand | |||
| Last T20I | 7 June 2009 v South Africa | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2008–2010 | Warwickshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | ODI | T20I | FC | LA |
| Matches | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Runs scored | 12 | 0 | 38 | 22 |
| Batting average | 6.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 | 4.40 |
| 100s/50s | –/– | –/– | –/– | –/– |
| Top score | 10* | 0 | 26 | 10* |
| Balls bowled | 138 | 30 | 413 | 360 |
| Wickets | 3 | – | 11 | 8 |
| Bowling average | 46.33 | – | 19.45 | 42.25 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | 2/46 | – | 4/66 | 2/38 |
| Catches/stumpings | –/– | 1/– | 4/– | 3/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2010 | ||||
Calum Scott MacLeod (born 15 November 1988) is a Scotland professional cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka [1]. From Lanarkshire, MacLeod is a native Gaelic speaker who attended Hillpark Secondary School, the Glasgow Gaelic School at the time. His family originally comes from the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.[1]
As a youth Calum played for Drumpellier CC before moving to the Scottish National Cricket League Premier Div with Uddingston CC, as an opening or new ball bowler and middle order batsman. After making some 70 appearance with Scotland age group sides (U12 to U23), he secured a retainer contract with Warwickshire for the 2006 season, to play U17, U19 and 2nd XI cricket. Awarded an improved contract for 2007, he ended the season as joint top wicket-taker in the Warcs 2nd XI and was voted "Most Improved 2nd XI Player of the Year" by the County side.
In Nov 2007 Calum signed a two year professional contract with Warwickshire C.C.C. working under Director of Cricket Ashley Giles and Allan Donald (Bowling Coach). Spent winter 2007/8 playing Grade cricket for Penrith, Sydney (Australia), and returned to Moseley CC as their contracted County player for 2008 in the Birmingham Premier Cricket League.
Gained his full first-class Scotland cap when he was called up for the Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE at Ayr CC in 2007, becoming the youngest Scottish player to debut at this level. During the 2008 Friends Provident series Calum played two matches (against Durham and Yorkshire), and was selected for two One Day International ties against Kenya, both of which succumbed to rain. His first ODI cap came in the historic Scotland V England match (18.08.08) at Grange CC, Edinburgh, where, batting 9, he scored 10 not out, facing 11 balls from Andrew Flintoff and Tim Bresnan, before that game, too, fell victim to rain.
Despite International absences (and a stomach injury) which reduced his Warcs 2nd XI appearances, Calum's 2008 season ended with debut matches in the Warwickshire first team, both away from home, against Yorkshire (match abandoned due to rain) and Derbyshire (Pro40 win). In October, with another season still to run on his current deal, Calum was offered, and accepted, a new improved 2 year contract to run until the end of the 2010 season.
During the 2009 Ashes series Calum was 12th man, fielding when required, for the England cricket team playing Australia at Edgbaston.[2] Calum was later selected as 12th man for England in the 2010 England V Pakistan test match, also at Edgbaston, on each of the 4 days duration of the planned 5 day game.
Calum was released by Warwickshire at the end of the 2010 season.
After he was reported (in 2009) to have a suspect bowling action, MacLeod was assisted by Warwickshire CCC and Cricket Scotland to remodel his action. After completing remedial work, followed by analysis and assessment by the ICC, he is now free to bowl in all domestic, national and international competition. During this period MacLeod concentrated on his batting technique to the extent that he now opens the batting for Scotland in T20 matches, plays top-order in 50 over games, while confirming a strong middle-order presence in 3 and 4 day ties. In the 2011 Karp Hong Kong Sixes event MacLeod was placed 4th in the Championship Player stats, and 5th in the Batting stats.