Charles McCrum is an Irish former cricketer

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. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace

Fast bowling

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 bowler, he played 22 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1990 and 1994 including one first-class

First-class cricket

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 match against Scotland and two List A matches in the NatWest Trophy. His brother Paul

Paul McCrum

Paul McCrum is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played 74 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1989 and 1998 including four first-class matches against Scotland and 16 List A matches...

 has also played cricket

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 for Ireland.

Career

Having played once for Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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 Under-25s in 1985, McCrum first played for Ireland in June 1990 against the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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. He then spent two years out of the Ireland side before playing his only first-class match against Scotland in June 1992. This was followed by his List A debut against Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

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 the same month, and he rounded out 1992 with a match against the MCC, two matches against an England amateur XI and a match against Gloucestershire.

In 1993, he played his final List A match against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 before seven more matches for Ireland, including games against Barbados

Barbados national cricket team

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, Wales, the MCC and the Netherlands. He represented Ireland at the 1994 ICC Trophy

1994 ICC Trophy

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, winning the man of the match

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 award against Gibraltar, which were his last matches for Ireland.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, McCrum scored 567 runs

Run (cricket)

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 at an average of 25.77 with a top score of 70 against Scotland in 1992, also his highest first-class score. He took 25 wickets at an average

Bowling average

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of 29.24 with his best bowling performance being 4/16 against Gibraltar in 1994.