Gavin Thomas Main (born 28 February 1995) is a Scottish cricketer. He made his first class debut for Durham County Cricket Club on 25 May 2014.[1]

Gavin Main
Personal information
Full name
Gavin Thomas Main
Born (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29)
Lanark, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 70)17 August 2019 v PNG
Last ODI17 August 2022 v USA
T20I debut (cap 42)19 June 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I28 July 2023 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2019Durham (squad no. 20)
Career statistics
CompetitionODIT20IFCLA
Matches1412416
Runs scored82121382
Batting average82.006.5082.00
100s/50s0/10/00/00/1
Top score64*12*1364*
Balls bowled649166402751
Wickets3016834
Bowling average18.9615.1239.8718.91
5 wickets in innings1101
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling5/525/263/725/52
Catches/stumpings7/–3/–1/–7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2024

He made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland on 19 June 2015, although no play was possible due to rain.[2] He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 29 July 2015 against Nepal.[3]

In May 2019, he was named in Scotland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Afghanistan, but he did not play.[4] The following month, he was selected to represent Scotland A in their tour to Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves.[5] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8]

In July 2019, he was named in Scotland's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series.[9] He made his ODI debut for Scotland, against Papua New Guinea, on 17 August 2019.[10]

On 13 April 2022, in the fourth match of the 2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series, Main took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, with 5/52.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014: Nottinghamshire v Durham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Scotland tour of Ireland, 2nd T20I: Ireland v Scotland at Bready, Jun 19, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 7th Match: Scotland v Nepal at Ayr, Jul 29, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Scotland Squad Announced for Afghanistan Series". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Scotland A Squad Selected for Ireland Trip". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Scotland squad announced for Cricket World Cup League Two". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. ^ "13rd Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Aberdeen, Aug 17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Easy win for Scotland as CWC League 2 continues". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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