Max Sorensen

This article is about the South African born Irish cricketer. For the Danish diplomat and jurist, see Max Sørensen.
Max Sorensen
Personal information
Full name Max Christian Sorensen
Born 18 November 1985
Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 40) 3 September 2013 v England
Last ODI 25 February 2015 v United Arab Emirates
ODI shirt no. 26
T20I debut (cap 23) 22 February 2012 v Kenya
Last T20I 19 March 2014 v United Arab Emirates
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–present The Hills Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 11 16 8 18
Runs scored 97 27 43 171
Batting average 24.25 27 8.6 21.37
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 31 12* 19* 31
Balls bowled 471 270 1076 687
Wickets 15 16 28 20
Bowling average 26.33 20.68 19.67 27.40
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/40 3/20 5/37 4/40
Catches/stumpings 3/– 8/– 5/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 March 2015

Max Christian Sorensen (born 18 November 1985) is a South African born Irish cricketer. Sorensen is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Johannesburg, Transvaal Province.

Sorensen was called up to Ireland's squad for their tour to Kenya in February 2012, and for their subsequent participation in the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier.[1] During the Kenyan leg of the tour, Sorensen made his first-class debut against Kenya in the Intercontinental Cup. In a match dominated by spin bowlers, Sorensen was twice dismissed for a duck, once by spinner Hiren Varaiya in Ireland's first-innings and by Nehemiah Odhiambo in Ireland's second-innings. The match was scheduled to last four days, but was completed in two, with Ireland winning by 10 runs.[2]

Although Sorensen didn't feature in the One Day International series that followed, he did however make his Twenty20 International debut in the three match Twenty20 series which followed, taking the wickets of Rakep Patel and Alex Obanda to finish with figures of 2/17 in an Irish victory.[3] The day after this match, he featured in the second Twenty20 International between the teams, which again ended in an Irish victory. Sorensen took one wicket in this match, that of Ragheb Aga.[4]

Sorensen currently plays for The Hills Cricket Club in Dublin.

On 18 January 2015, it was announced that Sorensen had been called into the Cricket Ireland squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup as a replacement for the injured Tim Murtagh.[5]

References

  1. "No Niall O'Brien for Kenya tour". ESPNcricinfo. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  2. "Kenya v Ireland, 2011–13 Intercontinental Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. "Kenya v Ireland, 1st T20I, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  4. "Kenya v Ireland, 2nd T20I, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  5. "Sorensen to replace Murtagh in World Cup Squad". Cricket Ireland. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

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