Scott McKechnie (born 6 August 1991) is an English-born cricketer who plays for the Hong Kong cricket team.[1]

Scott McKechnie
Personal information
Full name
Scott Stephen McKechnie
Born (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33)
Salford, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman, wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 40)6 December 2017 v PNG
Last ODI18 September 2018 v India
ODI shirt no.40
T20I debut (cap 28)5 October 2019 v Oman
Last T20I2 September 2022 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 8 29 16 29
Runs scored 108 264 248 264
Batting average 15.42 17.60 19.07 17.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 29 44 37 44
Catches/stumpings 8/1 13/9 19/3 13/9
Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2022

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Hong Kong against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 6 December 2017.[2] In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[3] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[4]

In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[5] In September 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[6] He made his T20I debut for Hong Kong, against Oman, on 5 October 2019.[7]

On 8 March 2020, McKechnie announced his retirement from international cricket.[8] However, in July 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament in Zimbabwe.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Scott McKechnie". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ "49th Match, ICC World Cricket League Championship at Dubai, Dec 6 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 - 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ "1st Match, Oman Pentangular T20I Series at Al Amerat, Oct 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  8. ^ "McKechnie calls it a day with Hong Kong". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. ^ "All the squads: T20 World Cup Qualifier B". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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