Neil McCallum (cricketer)
Neil Francis Ian McCallum is a Scottish cricketer.
He is a right-handed batsman. He made his debut for Scotland on 4 July 2000 against an England Amateur team. McCallum has since represented Scotland in One Day Internationals, his first match at this level coming against Pakistan in June 2006. On 29 January 2007, he scored an unbeaten 102 as Scotland defeated Ireland in Nairobi. He became the second Scottish cricketer to score an ODI century after Ryan Watson.He along with Ryan Watson set the record for the highest ever partnership for any wicket in ODI history as debutants.This is also the only stand in ODI history that 2 new debutants had a 100+ runs stand for any wicket in ODI cricket He was also nominated for Scotland's batsman of the year awards in 2006/2007. He also plays cricket for Grange Cricket Club, appearing regularly for their first XIs, as a top order batsman. He currently works as a PE teacher at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, which he also attended as a pupil.
He holds the joint record with Kapil Dev for facing the most number of balls when batting at number six position in an ODI innings
