| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium pace | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Irish | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 2 | 10 | ||
| Runs scored | 64 | 120 | ||
| Batting average | 32.00 | 15.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 35 | 25 | ||
| Balls bowled | 114 | 314 | ||
| Wickets | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bowling average | 43.00 | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 1/8 | 0/18 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 1/0 | ||
| Source: Cricket Archive, | ||||
Samuel "Uel" Graham (born 9 January 1967 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland[1]) is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 36 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1992 and 1997,[2] including two first-class matches, both of which were against Scotland,[3] and ten List A matches.[4]
He made his debut for Ireland in June 1992 against Middlesex. The same month he made his first-class debut against Scotland[3] and his List A debut in the NatWest Trophy against Durham.[4] He then played against the MCC the following month, before spending 18 months out of the Ireland side.[2]
He was named in the Ireland squad for the 1994 ICC Trophy and played in five of the matches.[5] Later that year, he played List A matches against Leicestershire and Northamptonshire[4] and his final first-class match against Scotland,[3] in addition to games against the MCC and New Zealand. In the match against the MCC he scored 55 in the Irish first innings, his only half century for Ireland[2] He also played in the Triple Crown Tournament that year,[6] taking 4/49 in the match against Wales, his best bowling figures for Ireland.[2]
In 1995, he played in Ireland's early-season Benson & Hedges Cup matches against Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Somerset,[4] also playing against the Duchess of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle, the MCC at Lord's,[2] a NatWest Trophy match against Yorkshire[4] and against the West Indies[2] before again playing in the Triple Crown Tournament.[7]
In 1996, he played Benson & Hedges Cup matches against Hampshire and Sussex, also playing in the first European Championship tournament in Denmark.[8] He was named in the Ireland squad for the 1997 ICC Trophy and played just one game against Singapore,[5] which was his last for Ireland.[2]
In all matches for Ireland, he scored 544 runs at an average of 19.43, and took 22 wickets at an average of 38.09.[2]