Preston Mommsen

Preston Mommsen
Personal information
Full name
Preston Luke Mommsen
Born (1987-10-14) 14 October 1987 (age 37)
Durban, Natal, South Africa
NicknameThe Heat,[1] P, The Pitbull[2]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 42)15 June 2010 v Netherlands
Last ODI17 June 2017 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.1
T20I debut (cap 23)13 March 2012 v Kenya
Last T20I12 March 2016 v Hong Kong
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 44 24 13 98
Runs scored 1,115 419 395 2,655
Batting average 30.97 34.91 18.80 36.87
100s/50s 2/6 0/2 1/1 3/13
Top score 139* 68* 102 139*
Balls bowled 132 138 252 632
Wickets 6 4 4 19
Bowling average 21.66 41.00 42.50 33.47
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/26 1/23 3/67 3/26
Catches/stumpings 22/– 11/– 22/– 52/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 June 2017

Preston Luke Mommsen (born 14 October 1987) is a South African-born Scottish cricketer and former captain in international limited over formats. Having represented South Africa at under 19 level he played his first game for Scotland in a first class match against the Netherlands on 10 June 2010.[3]

On 21 November 2016, Mommsen announced his retirement from professional cricket to take up an "attractive opportunity in the corporate world",[4] but returned to the Scotland squad in June 2017.[5]

  1. ^ "Sandy Strang: Preston Mommsen on the rise - The Scotsman". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Scotland need to 'stay in game' with Aussies - The Scotsman". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Preston Mommsen", ESPNcricinfo
  4. ^ "Scotland captain Preston Mommsen leaves cricket". BBC Sport. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Preston Mommsen: Former Scotland captain comes out of retirement for WCL clashes". BBC Sport. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

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