Michael McKillop (cricketer)

Michael Grant McKillop (born 24 April 1981) is a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and field hockey player who also served as the captain of the Zimbabwe men's national field hockey team. He has played for Matabeleland team in nine first-class cricket matches.[1]

For the Irish Paralympic athlete, see Michael McKillop.

Michael McKillop
Personal information
Full nameMichael Grant McKillop
Born (1981-04-24) April 24, 1981
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
RelationsCollin Williams (father)
Patricia McKillop (mother)
Matthew Williams (step brother)
Sean Williams (step brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Matabeleland cricket team
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 9 1
Runs scored 439 22
Batting average 31.35 22.00
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 90* 22
Balls bowled 546 –
Wickets 6 –
Bowling average 48.16 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 2/65 –
Catches/stumpings 8/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2018

Personal life

His father, Collin Williams was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and a former field hockey coach and his mother, Patricia McKillop is a Zimbabwean woman field hockey player who was also a key member of the Zimbabwean field hockey team which claimed gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4] His step brother, Sean Williams is also a cricketer who later went onto play international cricket for Zimbabwe since 2005 while Matthew Williams his fellow step brother is also a first-class cricketer playing for Matabeleland Tuskers.[5][6]

References
  1. "Collin Williams". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. Daily, The Zimbabwe (7 November 2015). "Willaims' Olympic pain". The Zimbabwe Daily. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "Golden Girl Buckle on Moscow 1980". www.sundaynews.co.zw. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "She powered Zim to Olympics glory". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. eDuzeNet. "Sean Williams to tie the knot in Bulawayo". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. Kumar, Abhishek (26 September 2015). "Sean Williams: 8 interesting things to know about the Zimbabwean". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 January 2018.


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