Dave Callaghan
David John Callaghan (born 1 February 1965) is a former South African international cricketer. Despite there being a distance of eight years between his first and last One Day International, Callaghan only played 29 times for South Africa. He was born at Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
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| Full name | David John Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 1965 Queenstown, Eastern Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Justin Kemp (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 22) | 7 December 1992 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 April 2000 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
His first-class career lasted 19 years, with time being spent in England with Suffolk and Nottinghamshire. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he was also a handy pace bowler. Callaghan's cousin, Justin Kemp, played Test and ODI cricket for South Africa.
Callaghan was a member of a South African Schools side in 1983 side which toured England under the name Albatrosses. That side contained Mark Rushmere (also a Cricketer of the Year), Dave Rundle, Daryll Cullinan, Meyrick Pringle and Salieg Nackerdien, among others. In Provincial cricket, he played much of his career in an Eastern Province side which contained the strongest batting lineup at the time in the country, Kepler Wessels, Phil Amm, Mark Rushmere and Kenny McEwan
International career
The defining moment of his international career was an innings of 169 not out, made against New Zealand at Centurion during the Mandela Trophy in 1994. Opening the batting, Callaghan made 169 off 143 balls and hit 4 sixes. This happens to be the highest score in ODIs by a batsman, who have scored only one 50-plus knock in their career. He also took his career best figures of 3 for 32 and was the obvious choice for man of the match. Callaghan's innings was his first after recovering from testicular cancer.[1]
In February 2020, he was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[2][3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]
References
- Dave Callaghan returned to International Cricket with a bang after beating cancer
- "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - South Africa Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.