Kyle Coetzer

Kyle Coetzer
Personal information
Full name Kyle James Coetzer
Born (1984-04-14) 14 April 1984
Aberdeen, Scotland
Nickname Costa
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 33) 18 August 2008 v England
Last ODI 10 June 2018 v England
ODI shirt no. 15
T20I debut (cap 13) 2 August 2008 v Ireland
Last T20I 20 June 2018 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2011 Durham
2011–2015 Northamptonshire (squad no. 30)
2012 Chittagong Kings
2018 Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 50 45 94 157
Runs scored 1,969 1,034 4,404 5,022
Batting average 42.80 25.24 30.37 37.20
100s/50s 4/12 0/3 8/19 10/29
Top score 156 70 219 156
Balls bowled 179 66 678 425
Wickets 1 5 7 4
Bowling average 203.00 14.20 59.14 114.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/35 3/25 2/16 1/2
Catches/stumpings 14/– 16/– 46/– 52/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 June 2018

Kyle James Coetzer (born 14 April 1984) is a Scottish cricketer and current captain in international format. He also captained at Under-15, U-17 and U-19 levels including skippering in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.

Domestic career

Coetzer played six first-class matches for Durham in the 2004 season, scoring 67 on his first class debut. Later that year he scored 133* for Scotland in the ICC Inter-Continental Cup Semi Final against Kenya. His form dropped away in 2005 and 2006, but early season form in 2007 has helped him gain his Durham place back. In the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup in England, he took "the best catch ever" according to former cricketer David Lloyd in a match against South Africa. He was also Scotland's leading run scorer in the tournament.

In 2011 he joined Northamptonshire on loan, before making the move from Durham permanent.[1] In August 2012, Coetzer signed a new two-year contract taking him through to 2014.[2] However, after only playing four first-class games in 2015, he was released at the end of the 2015 season.[3]

International career

His first game for the full Scotland team came in 2003 against Pakistan in a one-day match; he appeared in four National League matches later that season. He is a former captain for the Scotland ODI side.[4]

His first ODI century came against Afghanistan in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship, where Scotland lost to Afghanistan finally. The bad luck continued in 2015 as well, where Coetzer scored a record 156 against Bangladesh in 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup in Nelson in 2015 in a losing cause.

He was selected as the captain of the Scotland T20I international for the tournament to be played in United Arab Emirates in January 2017.[5]

Coetzer first captained Scottish ODI squad for Zimbabwe tour in June 2017. In the first match as ODI captain on 15 June 2017, Coetzer scored a century, becoming the first Scottish to do so in a debut captaincy. The century sealed the match to win by 26 runs, which is recorded as the first ever win against a Full Member as well.[6][7]

In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Coetzer as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[8]

On 10 June 2018, he captained Scotland to a six run win over England in a 50 over ODI at The Grange Club in Edinburgh, scoring 58 runs out of Scotland's total of 371 for 5.[9]

Family

Coetzer comes from a family of cricket players. His father, Peter, plays for Stoneywood-Dyce Cricket Club as too have his brothers Shaun and Stuart. His uncle is Grant Dugmore who played for Eastern Province and Argentina.

References

  1. ↑ Niall O'Brien and Kyle Coetzer agree Northants deals, BBC Sport, 2011-08-17, retrieved 2012-12-31
  2. ↑ Northants agree Alex Wakely, David Willey & Kyle Coetzer deals, BBC Sport, 2012-08-23, retrieved 2012-12-31
  3. ↑ "BBC Sport – Northants release Kyle Coetzer & Maurice Chambers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Scotland v Pakistan: Kyle Coetzer excited by 'new era', BBC Sport, 2013-05-16, retrieved 2013-05-19
  5. ↑ "Coetzer returns as Scotland captain for Desert T20". CricBuzz. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Coetzer, de Lange star in Scotland's first win over a Full Member". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Coetzer 'chuffed for the guys' after first win over a Full Member". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "10 stars to look out for at CWCQ". International Cricket Council. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Scotland vs England". BBC. BBC Sport. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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