There is a South African cricketer named Colin Alexander Ingram who was born on July 3, 1985. He is now playing for Glamorgan. Between 2010 and 2013, he played for South Africa in both One-Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). On his first ODI match, which was against Zimbabwe, he scored a century batting for South Africa. It was at Port Elizabeth where Ingram was born. It was during his time at Woodridge College in the Eastern Cape that he became the most accomplished cricket player in the school’s history.
For a total of five years, he was a member of the collegiate team, and he served as captain for three of those years. The first time he played for the school’s First XI was when he was 14 years old, and he continued to compete at this level for the whole of his high school career. Not only did he pick himself for the South African school team, but he also played cricket for the Eastern Province side, which was the provincial squad.
In the year 2004, Ingram decided to further his education at the University of the Free State by accepting a scholarship. He had a fruitful time playing for the university squad until he decided to leave and go back to the Eastern Cape. Initially, Ingram had a difficult time securing a batting berth in the Eastern Province. However, immediately after gaining experience from both County Cricket and some playing time for Eastern Province, his talents improved with each innings that he played.
The Eastern Cape has been producing some of the most talented individuals in recent years, and Ingram is among them. Ingram has remained loyal to his origins and the Warriors, even though the area of South Africa in which he was born and raised has often seen its rising players blossom into their full potential elsewhere. When he opened the batting, he brought a bracing brand of aggressiveness to the table, and he took his game to the next level when he struck 85 runs off 111 balls to lead South Africa A to win against Pakistan A in Colombo. This victory came in the first match of a triangular series that also included Sri Lanka A.
Colin Ingram Biography
Name | Colin Ingram |
Full Name | Colin Alexander Ingram |
Date of Birth | 3 July 1985 |
Place of Birth | Gqeberha, South Africa |
Other Names | NA |
Nationality | South African |
Father’s Name | Clive |
Mother’s Name | Merylee |
Siblings | NA |
Spouse | Megan Olivier |
Marriage Date | 12 June 2010 |
Children | Sara Tendulkar, |
Role | Batting |
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Right arm leg spin |
ODI Debut | October 15, 2010 vs. Zimbabwe |
Test Debut | NA |
Favourite Food | NA |
Favourite Actor | Favorite Actress |
Favourite Actress | NA |
Favourite Colour | Green |
Retirement | Still Playing |
The 21st of November, 2014, saw the announcement that Ingramhads signed a three-year deal with Glamorgan as a Kolpak player. The contract was contingent upon receiving permission from Cricket South Africa and the ECB, as well as getting a visa for himself. With Glamorgan in 2015, he had a very good one-day season, scoring 405 runs in eight matches at an average of 81, including three hundred and one fifty. He also had a very successful season overall. As he amassed 931 runs at 37.24, he had two centuries and four fifty-plus scores throughout his championship season. His performance was more consistent than spectacular.
When Ingram was playing in South African domestic cricket, he was a member of the Chevrolet Warriors, and he had previously served as the captain of this side. His participation in the Champions League Twenty20 in 2010 resulted in him hitting a lot of runs and helping his side get to the championship match. He came close to leading the Warriors to the final of the One Day Cup in Cape Town in 2015 when they faced the Cape Cobras. However, the Titans prevailed over them based on their net run rate. He had a string of successive scores of 93, 106 not out, and 90 not out.
The ninety was scored during a thrilling South African domestic one-day record-breaking run chase versus Lions in a match that was played at Buffalo Park, East London. The match was played in this location. In addition to playing for Warriors and Glamorgan, Ingram has also had some success in Twenty20 competitions. He has participated in the tournaments of the Indian Premier League, the Big Bash League, the Pakistan Super League, the Caribbean Premier League, and the Afghanistan Premier League.
According to Mathew Hayden, he is the first skipper in the history of the Big Bash League to win the Bat Toss. The match was between the Adelaide Strikers and the Brisbane Heat. He was selected to be a member of Kabul’s team for the first competition of the Afghanistan Premier League Tournament, which took place in September 2018. By participating in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League, the Delhi Capitals were able to acquire his services in December 2018.
Batting & Fielding Stats
YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Career | 15 | 3 | 205 | 47 | 17.08 | 180 | 113.89 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 12 | 2 | 184 | 47 | 18.40 | 154 | 119.48 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
2011 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13* | 10.50 | 26 | 80.76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Career | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
His century, which he scored on February 24, 2019, made him not only the first player on the Karachi Kings side to ever make a century, but he also became the highest individual scorer in the Pakistan Super League at that time. He was chosen to participate in the first-ever Euro Twenty20 Slam cricket competition, which took place in July 2019, and he was assigned to play for the Belfast Titans. However, the event was canceled the month after it was scheduled to take place. Ahead of the Indian Premier League auction in 2020, the Delhi Capitals decided to release him.
The Karachi Kings let him go before the 2020 PSL Draft after he had been with the team for two years and had played for them. Within the Platinum Category round of the 2020 Pakistan Super League draft, Islamabad United selected him with the second choice in December of 2019. The St. Lucia Zouks announced in July 2020 that he will be a member of their team for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020. Ingram, however, was one of five South African cricketers who did not participate in the event because they were unable to confirm their travel arrangements promptly by the deadline.
The Galle Gladiators selected him in the draft for the first-ever Lanka Premier League competition, which took place in October 2020. During Zimbabwe’s tour of South Africa in 2010, Ingram made his debut in the Twenty20 International competition against Zimbabwe. He participated in both matches. As South Africa won both of the matches in the two-match series, he did not bat for very long, but he did score a total of 15 runs. The series consisted of three matches and twelve matches.