John Blain (cricketer)

John Angus Rae Blain (born 4 January 1979) is a Scottish first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. In May 2019, he was inducted into Cricket Scotland's Hall of Fame. However, in July 2022, Blain was "temporarily suspended" from the hall of fame.

John Blain
Personal information
Full name
John Angus Rae Blain
Born (1979-01-04) 4 January 1979
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
  • Scotland
ODI debut (cap 3)16 May 1999 v Australia
Last ODI19 April 2009 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 1)12 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I4 August 2008 v Kenya
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997–2003Northamptonshire
2004–2006Yorkshire (squad no. 44)
2010Yorkshire (squad no. 44)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 33 6 42 102
Runs scored 284 4 495 635
Batting average 14.94 2.00 15.96 15.48
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 41 3* 93 41
Balls bowled 1,329 120 5,945 4,388
Wickets 41 6 120 143
Bowling average 28.60 18.00 35.55 25.72
5 wickets in innings 1 0 4 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/22 2/23 6/42 5/22
Catches/stumpings 8/– 1/– 12/– 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2009
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