21-707: Craig Wright may refer to: Craig Wright (cricketer) (born 1974), Scottish cricketer Craig Wright (rugby union) (born 2004), English rugby union player Craig Wright (playwright) (born 1965), American playwright, television writer, and producer Craig M. Wright (born 1944), Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music at Yale University Craig R. Wright (20th Century), American baseball writer and proponent of sabermetrics Craig Steven Wright (born 1970), Australian computer scientist, cryptocurrency investor and businessman See also [ edit ] J. Craig Wright (1929–2010), American lawyer and judge, justice of
42-475: A delivery by Abdul Razzaq which went high in the air and was caught by Shahzaib Hasan , leaving Sri Lanka at 2 for 2. Sanath Jayasuriya was able to stabilise the innings for Sri Lanka hitting 17 runs off 10 balls, however, Jayasuriya soon fell as he dragged a good length ball back on to the stumps. Mahela Jayawardene followed after edging a shot into the hands of Misbah-ul-Haq , leaving Sri Lanka on 32/4. Sangakkara and Chamara Silva added further runs, before
63-514: A joint bid to host the tournament at Lord's and The Oval . In December 2007, the ICC provisionally approved a Women's World Twenty20 to run alongside the men's event which, subject to the approval of the ICC's finance and commercial affairs committee, would come into effect for the 2009 tournament in England. In early January 2008, speculation arose that the tournament could be held elsewhere as
84-414: A match against Ireland on 9 August 1997. He went on to play 194 times for Scotland, including the 2007 Cricket World Cup , and 20/20 World Cup in 2007 & 2009. He overtook Greig Williamson in 2006 as the highest capped Scottish player. Career highlights include a hat trick against Denmark in 2004 and a man of the match performance to help Scotland upset Worcestershire in a 1998 NatWest series match. He
105-507: A nine-day event, the full twelve-team tournament was confirmed, featuring the Test -playing nations and two qualifying associate nations. However, in July 2008 Zimbabwe, under pressure from South Africa and England over political matters related to Robert Mugabe , pulled out of the tournament of their own volition, creating an additional space for an associate nation. Qualification was achieved by
126-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Craig Wright (cricketer) Craig McIntyre Wright (born 28 April 1974) is a Scottish former cricketer . He was a big hitting right-handed middle order batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He was educated at Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow. Wright had represented Scotland at both Under 16 and Under 19 level before making his senior debut in
147-615: Is the second seed from Group X. The seedings were based on performance in the last ICC T20 (2007). If a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the team it knocked out. In the final at Lord's , the home of cricket in London , Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. The first over was bowled by Mohammad Amir . After failing to score off the first four balls – all short – Dilshan went for his scoop and mistimed it, resulting in him being caught at short fine-leg. Soon after this, Jehan Mubarak top edged
168-421: The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and the successful qualifying associate nations. The initial four group format is the same as that used at the 2007 tournament. Team seed in brackets. Group A Group B Group C Group D The Super 8s consisted of two groups: Group E and Group F. Group E consisted of A1, B2, C1, D2 and Group F consisted of A2, B1, C2, D1, where X1 is the first seed from Group X and X2
189-610: The 1st wicket, before Kamran Akmal was stumped by Kumar Sangakkara by the first delivery of Sanath Jayasuriya . Pakistan reached the target in 18.4 overs, with Shahid Afridi , who hit the winning runs, earning Man of the Match while Tillakaratne Dilshan was declared Man of the Series for his 317 runs at an average of 63.40. Pakistan's win, often cheered on by crowds of fans from England's Pakistani communities, marked its first world title since Imran Khan 's "cornered tigers" had won
210-599: The 2004 Intercontinental Cup and the 2005 ICC Trophy for Scotland as well as steering them to the final of the ICC World League Division 1 (which qualified the team for the 2007 20/20 World Cup). In total he captained Scotland a record 107 times. After being omitted from the Scottish side for the 1999 World Cup despite a strong showing the previous season, he had to wait until 2006 to make his One Day International debut. In his second ODI game, against
231-466: The British government have banned Zimbabwe from touring England in 2009. However, it was later confirmed that the tournament would definitely take place in the country. In April 2008, the third venue was confirmed as Nottingham's Trent Bridge ; the 17,500 seater stadium was chosen to hold one of the semi-finals, among other earlier matches. Lord's and The Oval are the two other confirmed venues, with
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#1732797361252252-464: The Netherlands, he hit Tim de Leede for six off the penultimate delivery to win the game. This effort was repeated against Ireland in the 2007 World League with Wright striking a six to level scores with two balls to go before hitting the winning boundary off the final delivery. Following Scotland's removal from the 2009 ICC Twenty20 Championship , Wright, then 35, announced his retirement. Off
273-538: The Ohio Supreme Court [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craig_Wright&oldid=1248503108 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
294-625: The field he juggled his playing career with the job of Cricket Scotland's Performance Development Manager, having previously served as their Development Officer and Marketing Manager. He refocused his career on this role following his retirement as a player. In April 2010 it was announced that Wright would be joining Edinburgh-based Watsonian Cricket Club after leaving Greenock. He captained an MCC team that toured Bermuda in September–October 2011, playing 10 one-day matches. 2009 ICC Twenty20 Championship The 2009 ICC World Twenty20
315-496: The finalists of an ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier held in Belfast from 2–4 August 2008, between Kenya , Scotland , Ireland , Netherlands , Canada and Bermuda . Ireland and the Netherlands, having reached the final, qualified outright, while Scotland won the third place playoff beating Kenya to also qualify. The matches were played at the following three grounds: During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to
336-595: The latter was caught by Saeed Ajmal playing a pull shot off the bowling of Umar Gul . Shahid Afridi soon after, took the wicket of Isuru Udana with a googly which drifted into the right-hander, knocking the off-stump. This brought in Angelo Mathews , who along with Sangakkara took the score from 70/6 to 138/6, with 17 runs being scored off the last over bowled by Mohammad Amir . Sri Lanka finished on 138/6 from 20 overs. Pakistan started off well with openers Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan adding 48 runs for
357-407: The opening match and final being played at Lord's. Old Trafford Cricket Ground had bid for the third venue, but Trent Bridge was chosen for its closer proximity to the two London grounds. Teams from every ICC Region : Africa (1) Americas (1) Asia (4) East Asia-Pacific (2) Europe (4) Although early reports suggested the 2009 event may involve just eight teams in
378-424: The teams as follows: In case of a tie (i.e. both teams score the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over decides the winner. This applies in all stages of the tournament. Within each group (both group stage and Super Eight stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria: The groups were announced on 31 October 2007, based on finishing positions at
399-643: Was also Scotland's outstanding player of their first season in the English National Cricket League in 2003 (25 wickets at an average of 19.84) and topped the tournament bowling averages (16 wickets at 13.68) in Scotland's failed bid to qualify from the ICC World Cup qualifier in 2009 . In 2002 he was appointed captain of the national side, a role he kept until stepping down at the end of the 2007 World Cup. As captain he lifted
420-527: Was organised in parallel with the women's tournament , with the men's semi-finals and final being preceded by the semi-finals and final from the women's event. The final took place at Lord's on Sunday 21 June with Pakistan beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets and England beating New Zealand by six wickets in the women's final . In June 2006, The Daily Telegraph reported that the Marylebone Cricket Club and Surrey CCC had put in
441-690: Was the second edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup , formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20 that took place in England in June 2009. As before, the tournament featured 12 male teams – nine of the ten Test -playing nations and three associate nations, which earned their places through a qualification tournament . Matches were played at three English grounds – Lord's and The Oval in London , and Trent Bridge in Nottingham . The tournament
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