Ranking Neil McCallum’s 3 finest ODI knocks

Neil McCallum was one of the key members of the Scotland batting order. He represented Scotland in ODI and T20 cricket. Throughout his career, he delivered some notable performances for Scotland in the middle order.

Let’s take a look at his top 3 finest knocks in ODI cricket:

1. 121* vs Ireland, 2009

Neil McCullum delivered his career-best performance against Ireland in ODI World Cup qualifiers. The Irish captain William Porterfield won the toss and elected to field first. Ireland took the advantage of bowling first by getting early breakthroughs. Openers Gavin Hamilton and Ryan Watson were dismissed early by Boyd Rankin. When McCallum walked into bat Scotland was reeling for 4/24. He stitched a partnership with Craig Wright to give Scotland a chance in the match. McCallum stayed unbeaten to carry Scotland to a score of 232. Ireland eventually chased down the target without much trouble but McCallum’s knock kept Scotland in the contest.

2. 100 vs Ireland, 2007

This was Neil McCallum’s first century in his ODI career. He made this century against Ireland, a similar opposition. Ireland, batting first, put up 280 runs on the board. Scotland had the daunting task of chasing a massive total. Their chase started on a bad note as they lost the opener Fraser Watts in the powerplay. McCallum played a brilliant knock in the middle order to get Scotland across the finishing line. With crucial contributions from Majid Haq and Colin Smith along with McCallum, Scotland achieved the target with three wickets in hand.

3. 89* vs Canada, 2010

An unbeaten knock from Neil McCallum against Canada in the League Division One. The Scottish captain Gordon Drummond elected to bat first after winning the toss. Once again Scotland could not get a solid start but Richie Berrington and Neil McCallum made important half-centuries to set a tricky target for Canada. Scotland managed to score 236 runs and eventually won the match by 69 runs (D/L method).