John Blain (cricketer)

John Blain

Personal information
Full name	John Angus Rae Blain
Born	(1979-01-04) 4 January 1979 Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Scotland
ODI debut (cap 3)	16 May 1999 v Australia
Last ODI	19 April 2009 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.	4
T20I debut (cap 1)	12 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I	4 August 2008 v Kenya
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–2003	Northamptonshire
2004–2006	Yorkshire (squad no. 44)
2010	Yorkshire (squad no. 44)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20I Matches 33 42 102 6 Runs scored 284 495 635 4 Batting average 14.94 15.96 15.48 2.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0 Top score 41 93 41 3* Balls bowled 1,329 5,945 4,388 120 Wickets 41 120 143 6 Bowling average 28.60 35.55 25.72 18.00 5 wickets in innings 1 4 4 0 10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 5/22 6/42 5/22 2/23 Catches/stumpings 8/– 12/– 27/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2009

John Angus Rae Blain (born 4 January 1979)^[1] is a Scottish first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.

Playing career

Attaining his first cap in 1996, Blain became Scotland's youngest-capped cricketer since 1890. He played during the 1996 European Championship taking seven wickets at 9.85. Blain was initially signed as a footballer to Falkirk but decided to switch to cricket, signing for Northamptonshire, having not made an impact as a footballer.

Blain left Northamptonshire County Cricket Club at the end of the 2003 season to join Yorkshire County Cricket Club, where he made sporadic appearances for the first team until he was initially released in 2006.

He played for Yorkshire League side, Rotherham Cricket Club in 2007, and was due to sign for the Scottish League side, Ferguslie, in 2008. The move fell through, and Blain played for the Scottish Saltires and Rotherham.

He appeared in all Scotland's games at the 1999 and 2007 World Cups. He finished the 1999 event with 10 wickets at 21 with a strike rate of 22.3, the best in the tournament.^[2]

In the 2010, Blain made a solitary appearance for Yorkshire in the County Championship, and in both that campaign and in 2011, Blain was the regular captain of Yorkshire's Second XI.

Coaching career

Blain is an ECB Level 4 Coach. Blain was named as head coach of Grange Cricket Club. He also played as player-cum-coach with West of Scotland Cricket Club from 2010 to 2013. He was name head coach of newly formed team Eastern Knights which will play in Regional Pro Series.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

References

External links

• Cricket Europe Stats Zone profile
• Cricket Archive profile

Scotland squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup
1 Salmond (c) 2 Philip 3 Allingham 4 Blain 5 Brinkley 6 Butt 7 Davies (wk) 8 Dyer 9 Hamilton 10 Patterson 11 Sheridan 12 Smith 13 Stanger 14 Steindl 15 Williamson

Scotland squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup
4 Blain 8 Lyons 10 Haq 12 Watts 17 Nel 18 Rogers 21 Lockhart 23 Brown 25 McCallum 27 Watson 28 Poonia 34 Hoffmann 37 Hamilton 55 Smith 99 Wright (c)

Scotland squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20
4 Blain 5 Maiden 8 Lyons 10 Haq 12 Watts 17 Nel 22 Sheikh 23 Brown 24 Drummond 25 McCallum 27 Watson (c) 28 Poonia 37 Hamilton 55 Smith 99 Wright Coach: Steindl and Tennant (acting)

Scotland squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20
4 Blain 10 Haq 12 Watts 15 Coetzer 17 Nel 18 Rogers 24 Drummond 25 McCallum 27 Watson 28 Poonia 31 Stander 37 Hamilton (c) 44 Berrington 55 Smith 99 Wright Coach: Steindl