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Adrian George Agustus Matthew McCoubrey (born 3 April 1980 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he has played 43 times for the Ireland cricket team since August 1999 including six first-class matches and twelve List A matches. He has also played first-class and List A cricket for Essex.

Playing career

Early Ireland career

McCoubrey first represented Ireland at Under-19 level, when he played in the 1999 European Under-19 Championship. He made his debut for the senior side in August of that year, playing against Scotland in a first-class match. His second match for Ireland was in May 2000 when he played against the MCC, prior to an appearance in the European Championship that year. He also played a first-class match against Scotland before the year was out.

In 2001, he travelled with the Irish side to Canada to play in the 2001 ICC Trophy. Later in the year, he played against Australia before playing in the Triple Crown Tournament. This was followed by his first two List A matches, playing against Wiltshire and the Hampshire Cricket Board in the C & G Trophy.

He played a C & G Trophy match against Nottinghamshire in May 2002, before playing in the European Championship that year. This was followed by a C & G Trophy match against Berkshire, shortly before he signed with Essex.

Essex career

He made his debut for Essex in a national league match against Yorkshire on 5 May 2003, also playing in the same competition against Gloucestershire in July that year. He played two County Championship matches, against Leicestershire and Kent, the same month. He returned to the Ireland side in September that year for two matches against Denmark.

He was a regular member of the Essex side in the early part of the 2004 English cricket season, playing against Cambridge UCCE, in five County Championship matches and a National League match against Hampshire, but he did not play for Essex again after this point, and returned to playing regularly for Ireland, playing against the West Indies and Bangladesh in 2004.

Return to Irish side

Following matches against Loughborough UCCE, Warwickshire and a C & G Trophy match against Yorkshire, McCoubrey was named in the Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy, which was hosted in Ireland. He played four matches in the tournament, and played in four matches in that year's Intercontinental Cup, including the final against Kenya which Ireland won.

In 2006, he played three matches for Ireland in the newly restructured C & G Trophy; against Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Glamorgan, which are his last matches for Ireland to date.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, McCoubrey has scored 53 runs at an average of 4.42, with a top score of 11 against Berkshire in August 2002, also his top List A score. He has taken 52 wickets at an average of 26.92, with best innings bowling figures of 4/17 against Scotland in August 2005 also his best first-class bowling performance. In first-class cricket his top score is 8 not out for Ireland against Scotland. In List A cricket, his best bowling performance is 3/19 for Ireland against Uganda.

References

1. ^ Cricket Archive profile
2. ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ First-class matches played by Adrian McCoubrey at CricketArchive – 14 total, six for Ireland, eight for Essex
4. ^ List A matches played by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive – fifteen total, 12 for Ireland, 3 for Essex
5. Teams played for by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
6. Ireland squad for the 1999 European Under-19 Championship Archived 13 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
7. Ireland squad for the 2000 European Championship Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
8. ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
9. Scorecard of Ireland v Wales match, 14 August 2001 at Cricket Archive – the match is part of the 2001 Triple Crown Tournament
10. Ireland squad for the 2002 European Championship Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine at the tournament's official site
11. Essex sign McCoubrey, 20 September 2002 at Cricinfo
12. Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine at the tournament's official site
13. First-class batting for each team by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
14. First-class batting against each opponent by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
15. List A bowling for each team by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive
16. List A bowling against each opponent by Adrian McCoubrey at Cricket Archive

• 1980 births
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• Essex cricketers
• Sportspeople from Ballymena
• Cricketers from County Antrim
• People educated at Cambridge House Grammar School
• Irish cricketers