Stanley_McAlindon
Stanley McAlindon
English cricketer (born 2004)
Stanley James C McAlindon (born 28 April 2004) is an English cricketer from Cumbria who plays for Durham County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler.
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| Full name | Stanley James C McAlindon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 (age 20) Carlisle, Cumbria, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm fast medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022–2024 | Durham (squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 11 July 2022 Durham v Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 4 August 2022 Durham v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 February 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McAlindon attended Trinity School in Carlisle. He began playing cricket with the Great Corby Cricket Club as a five-year-old. He joined Carlisle Cricket Club and progressed to play for the first team in the Cumbria League Premier Division by the age of fifteen. He also played in the age groups at Carlisle United F.C. but chose to prioritise cricket and signed up to the Durham Academy in 2018.[1]
On 11 July 2022, McAlindon made his debut for Durham in first-class cricket against Derbyshire.[2]
McAlindon scored his first half-century in a one-day cricket match for Durham against Leicestershire on 23 August 2022, scoring 60 from 50 deliveries, in the 2022 Royal London One-Day Cup. In the same match he also record new career-best List-A bowling figures of 4-29.[3]
McAlindon signed a rookie contract with Durham in November 2022.[4][5]
McAlindon was called up to the England under-19 cricket team in August 2022 for marches against the Sri Lanka U-19s.[6] In December 2022, McAlindon was included in the England U-19 squad for a tour of Australia in the winter of 2022-23.[7]
He was coached by his father Mark McAlindon at Corby Cricket Club.[8]
- "Career best for Carlisle's Stanley McAlindon". Cumbria Crack. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "County Championship: Durham earn slender first-innings lead over Derbyshire". BBC Sport. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "Stanley McAlindon: Durham's teenage Cumbrian cricket star gets England Under-19s test call-up". News and Star. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- Botcherby, Elizabeth (8 November 2022). "Six Durham youngsters pen rookie contracts". The Cricketer.
- "Durham CCC hand Stanley McAlindon new 'rookie' deal". News and Star. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "Cumbrian cricketer Stanley McAlindon chosen for England Under-19s". Cumbria Crack. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "Stanley McAlindon in England Under-19 squad ahead of Australia tour". News and Star. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- "Rising Cumbrian Cricket star Stanley McAlindon signs rookie deal". News and Star. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.