George Munsey


Henry George Munsey is a Scottish cricketer. He was selected to represent Scotland for their T20I tour of Ireland in June 2015 and the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in July 2015. He made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland on 18 June 2015. He made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against the Australians on 15 August 2015. He made his One Day International debut against Hong Kong on 22 January 2017.
On 21 April 2019, playing for Gloucestershire 2nd XI against Bath in an unofficial Twenty20 match, Munsey scored 147 runs in 39 balls. His century was brought up in 25 balls, having scored his fifty in 17 balls, whilst he also scored six sixes in an over as Gloucestershire 2nd XI made 326/3 from their 20 overs.
In June 2019, he was selected to represent Scotland A in their tour to Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves. Later the same month, he was selected to play for the Brampton Wolves franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.
In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Ahead of the T20 qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council named him as the player to watch in Scotland's squad. He was the leading run-scorer for Scotland in the tournament, with 234 runs in eight matches.
In the second match of the Ireland tri-series, against the Netherlands, Munsey scored 127 not out. It was his first century in T20Is, and the second-fastest century in T20I cricket, coming from 41 balls. In the same match, Munsey and Kyle Coetzer made an opening partnership of 200 runs, the highest partnership for any wicket for Scotland in T20Is, and the third-highest partnership overall. Scotland went on to score 252/3 from their twenty overs, their highest total in T20I cricket.