Simon Corlett

{{short description|Irish cricketer (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Simon Corlett | image = | caption = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 33 | runs1 = 697 | bat avg1 = 18.83 | 100s/50s1 = 0/3 | top score1 = 60 | deliveries1 = 5,253 | wickets1 = 79 | bowl avg1 = 29.50 | fivefor1 = 4 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/82 | catches/stumpings1= 26/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 7 | runs2 = 26 | bat avg2 = 6.50 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 11 | deliveries2 = 462 | wickets2 = 11 | bowl avg2 = 28.36 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/43 | catches/stumpings2= 2/– | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26722/26722.html CricketArchive | date = 30 December | year = 2021 }} '''Simon Charles Corlett''' (born 18 January 1950<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26722/26722.html Cricket Archive profile]</ref>) is a former Irish cricketer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000003/000380.shtml |title=All time Ireland team (3) |work=Cricket Europe |accessdate=25 March 2020}}</ref> Corlett attended Worksop College, a public school in North Nottinghamshire, and Exeter College, Oxford. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler with a right arm off spin,<ref name="CAP" /> he made his debut for Ireland in a match against the Netherlands in June 1974, and went on to play for Ireland on 73 occasions, his last match coming in August 1987 against Wales.<ref name="CESZP">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire63.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile]</ref>

Of his matches for Ireland, fifteen had first-class status<ref name="FCM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26722/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Simon Corlett at Cricket Archive]</ref> and seven had List A status.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26722/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Simon Corlett]</ref> Of the first-class matches he played for Ireland, all but one was against Scotland, the other coming against Sri Lanka.

Prior to his international career for Ireland, he played for Oxford University, playing 18 first-class matches for them.<ref name="FCM" />

He later served as president of the Irish Cricket Union in 2003.<ref name="CESZP" />

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