Clare Shillington

Clare Shillington
Personal information
Full name Clare Mary Alice Shillington
Born (1981-01-08) 8 January 1981
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm offbreak
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut 30 July 2000 v Pakistan
ODI debut 8 August 1997 v South Africa
Last ODI 9 September 2016 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 11) 27 July 2008 v West Indies
Last T20I 14 July 2018 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996-present Malahide women
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 90 43
Runs scored - 1276 785
Batting average - 17.72 18.69
100s/50s -/- 0/6 0/1
Top score - 95* 58*
Balls bowled 746 -
Wickets - 20 -
Bowling average - 20.60 -
5 wickets in innings - 0 -
10 wickets in match - - -
Best bowling -/- 3/34 -/-
Catches/stumpings 1/– 30/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2018

Clare Mary Alice Shillington (born 8 January 1981) is an Irish cricketer.[1] She is a right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler who she has represented Ireland women's cricket team in a Test, 79 One-Day Internationals as well as in 40 Twenty20 Internationals for the since August 1997.

She started her career as off-spinner and lower order batsman but later she became one of successful Irish openner. She was first woman to reach 100 caps for Ireland in Women's cricket. She scored an unbeaten 114 against Japan women's national cricket team in 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.[2] She also captained Ireland women's cricket team in 15 ODIs from 2003 to 2011 as well as in Twenty20 Internationals.[3]

In February 2016, Shillington announced her retirement from One Day Internationals after playing in Ireland's final World Cup Qualifier game against South Africa women's cricket team which Ireland lost.[4]

In June 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[5] She was the leading run-scorer for Ireland in the tournament, with 126 runs in five matches,[6] and was named the player of the tournament.[7][8] In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[9] She announced that she will retire from international cricket following the end of the tournament.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Clare Shillington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Ireland Women v Japan Women ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013 (Group B)
  3. ↑ Cricket Ireland Profile
  4. ↑ "Clare Shillington: Ireland veteran quits one-day internationals after World Cup Qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2018 - Ireland Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh Women defeat Ireland in Qualifier final but both sides progress to World T20 Tournament". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "'Wickets just got the better of us' – Clare Shillington". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Final squad named for World T20, Raack set for Ireland debut". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ireland women's opener Shillington aims to go out on a high". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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