Ian Stanger

{{short description|Scottish cricketer (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ian Stanger

| full_name = Ian Michael Stanger

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| country = Scotland

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| columns = 3

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 50

| bat avg1 = 10.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 27

| deliveries1 = 54

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 7

| runs2 = 195

| bat avg2 = 27.85

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 52*

| deliveries2 = 444

| wickets2 = 5

| bowl avg2 = 70.60

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/57

| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 77

| runs3 = 840

| bat avg3 = 17.14

| 100s/50s3 = 0/3

| top score3 = 84

| deliveries3 = 1,607

| wickets3 = 24

| bowl avg3 = 61.37

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/11

| catches/stumpings3 = 23/–

| date = 23 March

| year = 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25115.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Ian Michael Stanger (born 5 October 1971) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4664/4664.html |title=Ian Stanger |publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-03-23}}

Stanger appeared in four One Day Internationals in the World Cup in May 1999 and one in June 2006.{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4664/4664.html |title=ODI Matches played by Ian Stanger |publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-03-23}} Stanger played List A cricket between 1992 and 2006; and first class cricket between 1997 and 2006.{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4664/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Ian Stanger |publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-03-23}}{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4664/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Ian Stanger |publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription |access-date=2020-03-23}} He functioned as an alternate batsman for the Scottish side, neither particularly high up or low down in the batting order, with a high score of 27, and thus he sometimes input with influential innings when given the bat.

After his cricket career, Stanger became a town planner, and also coached cricket teams in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketpaper.com/features-and-columns/1318/where-are-they-now-scotland-1998-natwest-trophy-giantkillers/ |title=Where are they now? Scotland – 1998 NatWest Trophy giantkillers |work=The Cricket Paper |accessdate=17 April 2019}}