Ken McClure

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

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| date = 29 October 2015

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Ken McClure (born 25 October 1994) is a New Zealand first-class cricketer who plays for Canterbury.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/625962.html |title=Ken McClure |access-date=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his first-class debut on 15 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/917517.html |title=Plunket Shield, Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland, Oct 15-18, 2015 |access-date=22 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his List A debut on 17 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Ford Trophy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/917615.html |title=The Ford Trophy, Canterbury v Central Districts at Christchurch, Jan 17, 2016 |access-date=21 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In March 2018, he scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, batting for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/102371803/legspinner-ish-sodhi-stars-with-seven-wickets-in-plunket-shield-for-nd |title=Legspinner Ish Sodhi stars with seven wickets in Plunket Shield for ND |publisher=Stuff |access-date=18 March 2018}}

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}} 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}} In November 2020, McClure was named in 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/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 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184042/https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/nicholls-conway-and-young-to-face-west-indies-in-queenstown |url-status=dead }}