Michael Leask

Scottish cricketer

Michael Leask

Personal information

Full name

Michael Alexander Leask

Born

(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 33)
Aberdeen, Scotland

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm off break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

Scotland (2014-present)

ODI debut (cap 56)

23 January 2014 v Canada

Last ODI

7 March 2024 v Canada

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 35)

4 July 2013 v Kenya

Last T20I

28 July 2023 v Ireland

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2014

Northamptonshire

2016–2017

Somerset

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	72	54	2	95
Runs scored	1,310	578	95	1,457
Batting average	27.29	16.05	31.66	23.50
100s/50s	1/7	0/1	0/1	1/7
Top score	107*	58	58	107*
Balls bowled	2,326	645	129	2,847
Wickets	57	37	3	68
Bowling average	33.84	22.67	43.66	35.95
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	4/24	3/11	2/40	4/24
Catches/stumpings	30/–	25/–	4/–	34/–

Source: Cricinfo, 7 March 2024

Michael Alexander Leask (born 29 October 1990) is a Scottish cricketer.^[1] He played for Scotland in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. On 9 May 2014 at Aberdeen, he scored 42 off 16 balls in an ODI against England and was named as the man of the match, despite Scotland losing the game.^[2]

Ahead of the 2016 season, Leask signed for Somerset.^[3] In September 2017, after two seasons with Somerset, it was announced that Leask was to leave the county at the end of the season.^[4] He made his first-class debut for Scotland in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 1 October 2017.^[5]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent Scotland A in their tour to Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves.^[6] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[7]^[8] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[9]

In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[10] In September 2021, Leask was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[11]

References

^ "Michael Leask". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "Only ODI: Scotland v England at Aberdeen, 9 May 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Michael Leask: Scotland all-rounder signs for Somerset". BBC Sport. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "Jim Allenby: Somerset one-day captain, Michael Leask and Ryan Davies to leave club". BBC Sport. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Port Moresby, Oct 1-4 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Scotland A Squad Selected for Ireland Trip". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.