Miriam Grealey

Miriam Grealey
Personal information
Full name
Miriam Elizabeth Grealey
Born (1965-12-27) 27 December 1965
Donegal, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 2)30 July 2000 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 4)28 June 1987 v Australia
Last ODI1 April 2005 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA
Matches 1 79 81
Runs scored 16 1,412 1,428
Batting average 16.00 23.14 23.03
100s/50s 0/0 1/5 1/5
Top score 16 101 101
Balls bowled 2,803 2,887
Wickets 38 42
Bowling average 44.71 41.02
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/5 4/16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 13/– 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 December 2021

Miriam Elizabeth Grealey (born 27 December 1965) is an Irish former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in one Test match and 79 One Day Internationals for Ireland between 1987 and 2005. She was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Ireland.

Her ODI high score came in 2000, when she hit 101 against Pakistan. In 2017, she was one of two women inducted into the Cricket Writers' Hall of Fame. She is also an Honorary Life Member of the MCC, the first Irish citizen to be so honoured.