Craig Meschede

{{Short description|German cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Craig Meschede | image = CAJ Meschede.jpg | country = Germany | fullname = Craig Anthony Joseph Meschede | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|11|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| club1 = Somerset | year1 = 2011–2016 | clubnumber1 = 26 | club2 = → Glamorgan (on loan) | year2 = 2015 | club3 = Glamorgan | year3 = {{nowrap|2016–2020}} | clubnumber3 = 44 | columns = 4 | column1 = T20I | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 179 | bat avg1 = 44.75 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 67 | deliveries1 = 120 | wickets1 = 6 | bowl avg1 = 19.16 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/11 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 70 | runs2 = 2,250 | bat avg2 = 25.56 | 100s/50s2 = 2/13 | top score2 = 107 | deliveries2 = 8,866 | wickets2 = 142 | bowl avg2 = 37.39 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/84 | catches/stumpings2 = 23/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 55 | runs3 = 472 | bat avg3 = 13.88 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 45 | deliveries3 = 1,995 | wickets3 = 52 | bowl avg3 = 35.61 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/5 | catches/stumpings3 = 12/– | column4 = T20 | matches4 = 96 | runs4 = 1,011 | bat avg4 = 18.72 | 100s/50s4 = 0/3 | top score4 = 77* | deliveries4 = 1,190 | wickets4 = 60 | bowl avg4 = 27.73 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 3/9 | catches/stumpings4 = 17/– | date = 20 June 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/362565.html Cricinfo |role=All-rounder}} '''Craig Anthony Joseph Meschede''' (born 21 November 1991) is a South African-born German cricketer. An all-rounder, he bowls right-arm medium-fast, and bats right-handed.

He made his debut for Somerset County Cricket Club in the 2011 Caribbean Twenty20, and played regular Twenty20 cricket for the county during the 2011 English domestic season. He also made occasional appearances in both first-class and one-day cricket. He received modest media coverage when he claimed the wicket of Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as his first in first-class cricket. Although he was born in South Africa, in May 2019, he was selected to represent the Germany national team.

Meschede's career was cut short by injury at the age of 28, due to suffering from a neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29382290/craig-meschede-retires-aged-28-due-shoulder-problem |title=Craig Meschede retires aged 28 due to shoulder problem |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=29 June 2020}}</ref> However, in September 2021, he was selected to play for the German national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/jade-dernbach-named-in-italian-squad/ |title=Jade Dernbach named in Italian Squad |work=Emerging Cricket |date=21 September 2021 |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

==Life and career== ===England=== Meschede was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to a German father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/twenty20/8599960/Craig-Meschede-is-Somersets-new-hero-with-a-thrilling-58-as-Glamorgan-go-under.html |title=Craig Meschede is Somerset's new hero with a thrilling 58 as Glamorgan go under |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |last=James |first=Steve |date=26 June 2011 |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45133047 |title=Glamorgan Cricket: Craig Meschede relishes German call |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=13 February 2019}}</ref> He attended King's College, Taunton, where he played a number of good innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/schoolsports/5362208/School-Sport-Kings-College-Taunton-unveil-new-cricket-star.html |title=School Sport: King's College Taunton unveil new cricket star |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |last=Davies |first=Gareth A |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> On the completion of his A-Levels, he signed a two-year contract with Somerset County Cricket Club, eligible to play as a non-overseas player due to his German passport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Somerset-recruit-promising-teenage-pair-King-s-College/story-11321275-detail/story.html |title=Somerset recruit promising teenage pair from King's College |publisher=This is Bath |date=24 June 2010 |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> He made his debut for Somerset along with five other players during their opening match of the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20, when Somerset were missing a number of key players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/somerset/caribbean-t20,312986,EN.html |title=Shoddy Somerset throw it away |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board |last=Goulding |first=Justin |date=12 January 2011 |accessdate=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406225335/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/domestic/counties/somerset/caribbean-t20%2C312986%2CEN.html |archivedate=6 April 2012 }}</ref> Meschede was run out for one run in the match, which Somerset lost narrowly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/314/314755.html |title=Guyana v Somerset: Caribbean T20 2010/11 (Group A) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> He managed more runs in the remaining three matches of the competition, and finished with 55 runs in the tournament at an average of 27.50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/WI/Caribbean_T20_2010-11/Somerset_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Somerset: Caribbean T20 2010/11 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> He began the 2011 English domestic season playing for Somerset's second team, but got an opportunity in the middle of May for the first team, being selected for the Clydesdale Bank 40 match against Lancashire. He was not required to bat or bowl on his one-day debut,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/316/316061.html |title=Somerset v Lancashire: Clydesdale Bank 40 2011 (Group C) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> but was picked for the County Championship match during the same week. Facing Sussex, he scored 18 and 15 not out in an eight wicket loss for Somerset.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/316/316072.html |title=Sussex v Somerset: LV County Championship 2011 (Division 1) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> After these matches, he returned to the second team until the middle of June, when he was called up for a Twenty20 match. He made a few appearances low in the order, but his best performance came when he batted at number three against Glamorgan, when he scored 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/316/316201.html |title=Somerset v Glamorgan: Friends Life t20 2011 (South Division) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> He enjoyed little success with the bat in his other matches, irrespective of his position in the batting order, and finished with a batting average of 15.62 in the competition; his 53 being his only half-century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/334/334116/tt_Batting_by_Season.html |title=Twenty20 Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Craig Meschede |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> He enjoyed some modest successes as a bowler: against Essex, he took three wickets in just nine balls, during a match in which Essex were bowled out for 82 runs; Somerset won the match by 143 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/316/316151.html |title=Essex v Somerset: Friends Life t20 2011 (South Division) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> In the competition as a whole, he was bowled sparingly, bowling just 63 balls, but his bowling average; 13.66 was second on the team behind Arul Suppiah.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/ENG/Friends_Life_t20_2011/Somerset_Bowling.html |title=Bowling for Somerset: Friends Life t20 2011 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref>

He claimed his maiden first-class wicket against the touring Indians, taking the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/16/somerset-india-sachin-tendulkar |title=Sachin Tendulkar dismissed by teenager as Somerset embarrass India |work=The Guardian|location=London |last=Marks |first=Vic |authorlink=Vic Marks |date=16 July 2011 |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref> He played more regularly for Somerset towards the end of the 2011 season, when the side was affected by injuries, and scored his debut half-century in first-class cricket in the second innings of the match against Hampshire, reaching 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/316/316416.html |title=Somerset v Hampshire: LV County Championship 2011 (Division 1) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2011}}</ref>

On 18 November 2014, Meschede joined Glamorgan County Cricket Club on a season long loan for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/800957.html |title=Allenby and Meschede in swap deal |last=Dobell |first=George |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 November 2014 |accessdate=18 November 2014 }}</ref> On 21 April 2015, Meschede scored a career best and a match-saving 101 against Surrey in the county championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/21/glamorgan-surrey-county-championship-match-report|title=Craig Meschede's century for Glamorgan avoids follow-on against Surrey|first=Ali|last=Martin|date=21 April 2015|website=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref> On 25 January 2016, Meschede joined Glamorgan permanently on a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/cricket/glamorgan-sign-rounder-craig-meschede-10787685 |title=Glamorgan sign all-rounder Craig Meschede on three-year deal from Somerset |publisher=Wales Online |date=25 January 2016 |accessdate=25 January 2016 }}</ref>

===Germany=== In February 2019, Meschede attended a training camp with the German national cricket team, with the view to help Germany qualify via the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier group for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000002/000200.shtml |title=Ich bin ein Berliner |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=13 February 2019 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214003001/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000002/000200.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2019, he was named in Germany's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.de/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-wir-fahren-nach-guernsey/ |title=ICC Men's T20 World Cup – wir fahren nach Guernsey! |work=Deutscher Cricket Bund |accessdate=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1231405 |title=Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019 |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Germany, against Guernsey, on 15 June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1185181.html |title=3rd Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Final at Castel, Jun 15 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=15 June 2019}}</ref> He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, with 179 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=13042;type=tournament |title=ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Final, 2019: Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref>

===Injury, retirement and return=== In June 2020, Meschede announced his retirement at the age of 28 from professional cricket with immediate effect due to injury. He had been living with a neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome since mid-way through 2019, limiting his shoulder mobility and strength. After months of rehabilitation work Meschede took the advice of specialists to retire from the game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glamorgancricket.com/news/craig-meschede-announces-retirement |title=Craig Meschede announces retirement |work=glamorgancricket.com |publisher=Glamorgan County Cricket Club |date=29 June 2020 |accessdate=29 June 2020 }}</ref>

However, in September 2021, he was named in Germany's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=Cricket_Germany |number=1438579706455015428 |date=16 September 2021 |title=Our squad for the men's T20 World Cup European Finals}}</ref>

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