Cole McConchie

{{short description|New Zealander cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Cole McConchie

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Cole Edward McConchie

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| role = All-rounder

| international = true

| odidebutdate = 3 May

| odidebutyear = 2023

| odidebutagainst = Pakistan

| odicap = 210

| lastodidate = 5 May

| lastodiyear = 2023

| lastodiagainst = Pakistan

| T20Idebutdate = 1 September

| T20Idebutyear = 2021

| T20Idebutagainst = Bangladesh

| T20Icap = 89

| lastT20Idate = 20 April

| lastT20Iyear = 2024

| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan

| club1 = Canterbury

| year1 = {{nowrap|2011/12–present}}

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 98

| bat avg1 = 49.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 64*

| deliveries1 = 126

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 114.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/46

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 7

| runs2 = 44

| bat avg2 = 14.66

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 17*

| deliveries2 = 115

| wickets2 = 7

| bowl avg2 = 18.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/15

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 60

| runs3 = 3,364

| bat avg3 = 37.79

| 100s/50s3 = 8/14

| top score3 = 214

| deliveries3 = 3,369

| wickets3 = 47

| bowl avg3 = 37.80

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 4/46

| catches/stumpings3 = 25/–

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 76

| runs4 = 1,484

| bat avg4 = 26.98

| 100s/50s4 = 0/10

| top score4 = 90

| deliveries4 = 2,010

| wickets4 = 38

| bowl avg4 = 49.55

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 3/28

| catches/stumpings4 = 22/–

| date = 31 July 2023

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/526021.html Cricinfo

}}

Cole McConchie (born 12 January 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury as an all-rounder. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/526021.html |title=Cole McConchie |access-date=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Career

=Canterbury=

McConchie made his debut for Canterbury in a List A match against Otago on 25 November 2011. He played one more List A game for Canterbury that season, before being offered a contract for the 2012-13 season.{{cite web |title=New Zealand domestic contracts finalised |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-zealand-domestic-contracts-finalised-767989 |website=ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 September 2022}} He made both his First Class and Twenty20 debuts that season.

In November 2016 McConchie, playing only his seventh First Class game, hit his maiden century in a rain-affected draw against Otago.{{cite web |title=Brownlie, Guptill impress in rain-hit round |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/plunket-shield-2016-17-1051743/otago-vs-canterbury-1051835/match-report |website=ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 September 2022}}

In 2018, McConchie was named as Canterbury captain.{{cite web |title=Cole McConchie (c) |url=https://www.canterburycricket.org.nz/players/cole-mcconchie-c/ |website=Canterbury Cricket |access-date=9 September 2022}}

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Canterbury for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 June 2018}} He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy, with thirteen dismissals in nine matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12655;team=2520;type=tournament |title=The Ford Trophy, 2018/19 - Canterbury: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=24 November 2018}}

In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Canterbury ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29312525/daryl-mitchell,-jeet-raval-finn-allen-major-domestic-moves |title=Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/121831138/auckland-lose-jeet-raval-to-northern-districts-finn-allen-to-wellington-in-domestic-contracts |title=Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts |work=Stuff |access-date=15 June 2020}}

=New Zealand A=

In November 2020, McConchie was named as the captain of the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30300533/new-zealand-vs-west-indies,-2020-21-devon-conway-included-new-zealand-squad-face-west-indies |title=Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/archive/nicholls-conway-and-young-to-face-west-indies-in-queenstown |title=Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=12 November 2020}}

International career

In August 2021, McConchie was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their tour of Bangladesh,{{cite web |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/t20-world-cup-squad-revealed-mcconchie-and-sears-called-up-for-bangladeshpakistan |title=T20 World Cup squad revealed: McConchie and Sears called up for Bangladesh/Pakistan |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810002637/https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/t20-world-cup-squad-revealed-mcconchie-and-sears-called-up-for-bangladeshpakistan |url-status=dead }} and in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for their tour of Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/126013220/black-caps-announce-twenty20-world-cup-squad-two-debutants-for-leadup-tours-with-stars-absent |title=Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent |work=Stuff |access-date=9 August 2021}} McConchie made his T20I debut on 1 September 2021, for New Zealand against Bangladesh,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1272093.html |title=1st T20I (D/N), Dhaka, Sep 1 2021, New Zealand tour of Bangladesh |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 September 2021}} taking a wicket with his first ball in a T20I match.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-bangladesh-2021-1272089/bangladesh-vs-new-zealand-1st-t20i-1272093/match-report |title=Spinners, Mustafizur script Bangladesh's first-ever T20I victory over New Zealand |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 September 2021}} He played in all five matches in the series, scoring 32 runs and taking seven wickets.

In April 2023, he was named in ODI squad for their series against Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/126149/ben-lister-cole-mcconchie-named-in-nz-odi-squad-for-pakistan-tour |title=Ben Lister, Cole McConchie named in NZ ODI squad for Pakistan tour |access-date=3 April 2023 |work=Cricbuzz}} He made his ODI debut in the third ODI of the series, on 3 May 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1339621.html |title=3rd ODI (D/N), Karachi, May 3, 2023, New Zealand tour of Pakistan |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=3 May 2023}}

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