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{{Infobox cricketer | name = Craig Wright | image = | country = Scotland | fullname = Craig McIntyre Wright | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Paisley, Renfrewshire]], Scotland | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Bowler | family = | international = true | odidebutdate = 5 August | odidebutyear = 2006 | odidebutagainst = Ireland | odicap = 25 | lastodidate = 8 April | lastodiyear = 2009 | lastodiagainst = Canada | odishirt = 99 | columns = 4 | column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]] | matches1 = 20 | runs1 = 240 | bat avg1 = 16.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 37 | deliveries1 = 861 | wickets1 = 29 | bowl avg1 = 22.86 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/29 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]] | matches2 = 3 | runs2 = 14 | bat avg2 = 14.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 14 | deliveries2 = 30 | wickets2 = 4 | bowl avg2 = 12.25 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/29 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]] | matches3 = 16 | runs3 = 494 | bat avg3 = 30.87 | 100s/50s3 = 0/2 | top score3 = 88[[not out|*]] | deliveries3 = 2,017 | wickets3 = 40 | bowl avg3 = 23.57 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/38 | catches/stumpings3 = 14/– | column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]] | matches4 = 123 | runs4 = 1,430 | bat avg4 = 17.65 | 100s/50s4 = 0/2 | top score4 = 88* | deliveries4 = 5,116 | wickets4 = 149 | bowl avg4 = 24.41 | fivefor4 = 2 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 5/23 | catches/stumpings4 = 25/– | date = 13 June | year = 2009 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7216/7216.html CricketArchive }}
'''Craig McIntyre Wright''' (born 28 April 1974) is a Scottish former [[cricket]]er.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESHISTORY/articles/000011/001102.shtml |title=European Cricket Personalities: Craig Wright |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=19 December 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030063352/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLESHISTORY/articles/000011/001102.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a big hitting right-handed middle order batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25123.html|title=Player Profile: Craig Wright|last=McGlashan|first=Andrew|date=June 2009|work=CricInfo|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=10 June 2009}}</ref> He was educated at [[Kelvinside Academy]] in Glasgow.
==Career== Wright had represented [[Scottish cricket team|Scotland]] at both Under 16 and Under 19 level before making his senior debut in a match against [[Irish cricket team|Ireland]] on 9 August 1997. He went on to play 194 times for Scotland, including the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]], and [[20/20 World Cup]] in 2007 & 2009. He overtook Greig Williamson in 2006 as the highest capped Scottish player. Career highlights include a hat trick against Denmark in 2004 and a man of the match performance to help Scotland upset Worcestershire in a 1998 NatWest series match. He was also Scotland's outstanding player of their first season in the English National Cricket League in 2003 (25 wickets at an average of 19.84) and topped the tournament bowling averages (16 wickets at 13.68) in Scotland's failed bid to qualify from the [[ICC World Cup qualifier]] in 2009 .<ref name="cricpro" /><ref name="retire" />
In 2002 he was appointed captain of the national side, a role he kept until stepping down at the end of the 2007 World Cup. As captain he lifted the 2004 Intercontinental Cup and the 2005 ICC Trophy for Scotland as well as steering them to the final of the ICC World League Division 1 (which qualified the team for the 2007 20/20 World Cup). In total he captained Scotland a record 107 times.<ref name="cricpro" /><ref name="retire" />
After being omitted from the Scottish side for the 1999 World Cup despite a strong showing the previous season, he had to wait until 2006 to make his [[One Day International]] debut. In his second ODI game, against the Netherlands, he hit [[Tim de Leede]] for six off the penultimate delivery to win the game. This effort was repeated against Ireland in the 2007 World League with Wright striking a six to level scores with two balls to go before hitting the winning boundary off the final delivery. Following Scotland's removal from the [[2009 ICC Twenty20 Championship]], Wright, then 35, announced his retirement.<ref name="retire">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/scotland/content/story/408302.html|title=Wright retires from internationals|date=10 June 2009|work=CricInfo|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=10 June 2009}}</ref>
Off the field he juggled his playing career with the job of Cricket Scotland's Performance Development Manager, having previously served as their Development Officer and Marketing Manager.<ref name="retire" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketpaper.com/features-and-columns/1318/where-are-they-now-scotland-1998-natwest-trophy-giantkillers/ |title=Where are they now? Scotland – 1998 NatWest Trophy giantkillers |work=The Cricket Paper |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref> He refocused his career on this role following his retirement as a player.<ref name="cricpro" />
In April 2010 it was announced that Wright would be joining Edinburgh-based Watsonian Cricket Club after leaving Greenock.<ref name="WCC">{{cite web|url=http://www.watsoniancricket.co.uk/general/welcome-to-myreside-wrighty/|title=Welcome to Myreside Wrighty|date=8 April 2010|work=Watsonian CC|accessdate=8 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120301232953/http://www.watsoniancricket.co.uk/general/welcome-to-myreside-wrighty/|archivedate=1 March 2012}}</ref> He captained an [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] team that toured [[Bermuda]] in September–October 2011, playing 10 one-day matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marylebone Cricket Club in Bermuda 2011|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/15/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_Bermuda_2011.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=25123}}
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