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Michael Alexander Leask (born 29 October 1990) is a Scottish cricketer. He played for Scotland in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. On 9 May 2014 at Aberdeen, he scored 42 off 16 balls in an ODI against England and was named as the man of the match, despite Scotland losing the game.

Ahead of the 2016 season, Leask signed for Somerset. In September 2017, after two seasons with Somerset, it was announced that Leask was to leave the county at the end of the season. He made his first-class debut for Scotland in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 1 October 2017.

In June 2019, he was selected to represent Scotland A in their tour to Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks 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 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In September 2021, Leask was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

In May 2024, he was named in Scotland’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.

References

1. "Michael Leask". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
2. "Only ODI: Scotland v England at Aberdeen, 9 May 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
3. "Michael Leask: Scotland all-rounder signs for Somerset". BBC Sport. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
4. "Jim Allenby: Somerset one-day captain, Michael Leask and Ryan Davies to leave club". BBC Sport. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
5. "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Port Moresby, Oct 1-4 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
6. "Scotland A Squad Selected for Ireland Trip". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
7. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
8. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
9. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
10. "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
11. "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
12. "Scotland's 15-Player Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

External links

• Michael Leask at ESPNcricinfo
• Michael Leask at CricketArchive (subscription required)

Scotland squads

v t e Scotland squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup 1 Mommsen (c) 6 Coleman 8 Wardlaw 9 Cross (wk) 10 MacLeod 14 Machan 15 Coetzer 29 Leask 38 Davey 42 Taylor 44 Berrington 45 Evans 48 Gardiner 50 Sharif 77 Haq Coach: Bradburn v t e Scotland squad – 2021 Men's T20 World Cup 15 Coetzer (c) 17 Budge 9 Cross (wk) 13 Greaves 45 Evans 21 McMullen 24 Tear (wk) 29 Leask 29 Chris Greaves 44 Calum MacLeod 49 Jones 50 Sharif 51 Watt 58 Wheal 32 Tahir 18 Craig Wallace 93 Munsey v t e Scotland squad – 2022 Men's T20 World Cup 9 Cross (vc, wk) 10 MacLeod 13 Greaves 18 Wallace (wk) 21 McMullen 29 Leask 32 Tahir 38 Davey 44 Berrington (c) 49 Jones 50 Sharif 51 Watt 58 Wheal 71 Sole 93 Munsey Coach: Shane Burger v t e Scotland squad – 2024 Men's T20 World Cup 4 B. Currie 9 Cross (wk) 13 Greaves 14 Hairs 21 McMullen 24 Tear (wk) 29 Leask 44 Berrington (c) 49 Jones 50 Sharif 51 Watt 58 Wheal 66 Jarvis 69 Sole 93 Munsey Coach: Doug Watson

• 1990 births
• Living people
• Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
• Cricketers from Aberdeen
• Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
• Northamptonshire cricketers
• Scotland One Day International cricketers
• Scotland Twenty20 International cricketers
• Scottish cricketers
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