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Irish cricketer

Miriam Grealey

Personal information

Full name

Miriam Elizabeth Grealey

Born

(1965-12-27) 27 December 1965 (age 59)
Donegal, Ireland

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm off break

Role

All-rounder

International information

National side

Ireland (1987–2005)

Only Test (cap 2)

30 July 2000 v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 4)

28 June 1987 v Australia

Last ODI

1 April 2005 v Australia

Career statistics

Competition	WTest	WODI	WLA
Matches	1	79	81
Runs scored	16	1,412	1,428
Batting average	16.00	23.14	23.03
100s/50s	0/0	1/5	1/5
Top score	16	101	101
Balls bowled	–	2,803	2,887
Wickets	–	38	42
Bowling average	–	44.71	41.02
5 wickets in innings	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	0	0
Best bowling	–	2/5	4/16
Catches/stumpings	0/–	13/–	13/–

Source: CricketArchive, 1 December 2021

Miriam Elizabeth Grealey (born 27 December 1965) is an Irish former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in one Test match and 79 One Day Internationals for Ireland between 1987 and 2005. She was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Ireland.

Her ODI high score came in 2000, when she hit 101 against Pakistan. In 2017, she was one of two women inducted into the Cricket Writers' Hall of Fame. She is also an Honorary Life Member of the MCC, the first Irish citizen to be so honoured.

References

"Player Profile: Miriam Grealey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
"Player Profile: Miriam Grealey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
"'Legend of the Irish game' Miriam Grealey to end 40-year involvement with national side". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
"Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
"2nd ODI, Dublin, Jul 25 2000, Pakistan Women tour of Ireland: Ireland Women v Pakistan Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
"Stirling displays make Paul a worthy winner of top award". Independent.ie. 19 November 2017.
"Miriam Grealey made Honorary Life Member of MCC". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

External links

Miriam Grealey at ESPNcricinfo
Miriam Grealey at CricketArchive (subscription required)

v t e Ireland squad – 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
1 Dawson 2 Bray 3 Moore (c) 4 Grealey 5 Burke 6 Herbison 7 O'Neill 8 McDonald 9 E. Owens 10 S. Owens 11 Reamsbottom 12 Squire 13 Walsh 14 Young

v t e Ireland squad – 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup
Beggs 4 Dawson Grealey (c) Leahy McDonald Squire O'Neill 81 O'Leary Pratt Sharp Spence 11 Shillington 81 Skoyles Whelan

v t e Ireland squad – 2000 Women's Cricket World Cup
1 Beggs 2 Dawson 3 Grealey (c) 4 Joyce 5 Linehan 6 McDonald 7 Metcalfe 8 Molins 9 O'Leary 10 O'Neill 11 Sharp 12 Shillington 13 Squire 14 K. Young 15 S. Young

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