# Dave Callaghan

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South African cricketer (born 1965)

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Dave Callaghan Personal information Full name David John Callaghan Born (1965-02-01) 1 February 1965 (age 61) Queenstown, Eastern Cape Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm medium Relations Justin Kemp (cousin) International information National side South Africa (1992–2000) ODI debut (cap 22) 7 December 1992 v India Last ODI 14 April 2000 v Australia Career statistics Competition ODI FC LA Matches 29 146 216 Runs scored 493 7,730 5,304 Batting average 25.94 36.12 32.74 100s/50s 1/0 18/37 2/33 Top score 169* 171 169* Balls bowled 444 8,651 5,643 Wickets 10 126 147 Bowling average 36.50 29.07 29.00 5 wickets in innings 0 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 Best bowling 3/32 5/24 4/31 Catches/stumpings 6/0 113/0 48/0 Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2017

**David John Callaghan** (born 1 February 1965) is a former South African international [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Despite there being a distance of eight years between his first and last [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International), Callaghan played 29 times for South Africa. He was born at [Queenstown, Eastern Cape](/source/Queenstown%2C_Eastern_Cape).

## International career

The defining moment of his international career was an innings of 169 not out, made against New Zealand at Centurion during the [Mandela Trophy](/source/Mandela_Trophy) in 1994. Opening the batting, Callaghan made 169 off 143 balls and hit 4 sixes. This happens to be the highest score in ODIs by a batsman, who have scored only one 50-plus knock in their career. He also took his career best figures of 3 for 32 and was the obvious choice for man of the match. Callaghan's innings was his first after recovering from testicular [cancer](/source/Cancer).[1]

In February 2020, he was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[2][3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the [coronavirus pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Dave Callaghan returned to International Cricket with a bang after beating cancer*](https://web.archive.org/web/20150101124554/http://www.ipl-schedule.net/dave-callaghan-returned-to-international-cricket-with-a-bang-after-beating-cancer/), archived from [the original](http://www.ipl-schedule.net/dave-callaghan-returned-to-international-cricket-with-a-bang-after-beating-cancer/) on 1 January 2015, retrieved 6 February 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["2020 over-50s world cup squads"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163511/https://www.over50scricket.com/world-cup-scores-squads-news). *Over-50s Cricket World Cup*. Archived from [the original](https://www.over50scricket.com/world-cup-scores-squads-news) on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - South Africa Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages"](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13612;team=6715;type=tournament). *ESPN Cricinfo*. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak"](https://www.cricketworld.com/over-50s-world-cup-in-south-africa-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-outbreak/62521.htm). *Cricket World*. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

## External links

- [Dave Callaghan](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44416.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

- [St George's Park profile](http://www.stgeorgespark.nmmu.ac.za/content/personalities/displayarticle.asp?artid=persp_002) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191029233800/http://stgeorgespark.nmmu.ac.za/content/personalities/displayarticle.asp?artid=persp_002) 29 October 2019 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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