Mason Sidney Crane (born 18 February 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Glamorgan. He previously played for Hampshire. He is a right-arm leg break bowler and right-handed batsman. He also played for the England national cricket team in 2017 & 2018.
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| Full name | Mason Sidney Crane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1997 Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 683) | 4 January 2018 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 78) | 21 June 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 June 2017 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2024 | Hampshire (squad no. 32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Sussex (loan) (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Glamorgan (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Glamorgan (squad no. 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editCrane was a member of the Hampshire County Cricket Club academy since the age of 14, where he was under the guidance of former Hampshire spinner Rajesh Maru at Lancing College, West Sussex. Under Maru's guidance he impressed straight away despite concerns about his height and quickly he became a leg break bowler with good control as well as a googly.
Crane has also been a member of Sussex Cricket League club Worthing Cricket Club since the age of 10, playing for the club's junior teams and also claiming 54 wickets for the Worthing CC 1st XI.[1]
Crane's good performance in the academy and guidance from Maru and Hampshire academy spin coach Darren Flint earned him a call-up to the England U17 development team. In the summer of 2014 Crane's continued good performances made him a regular in the Hampshire 2nd XI and earned him a call-up to the England U19s for the tour of Dubai and later the teams tour of Australia to play the Australia U19s. Crane was also called up to the first team squad for their trip to Worcestershire in the LV County Championship. Crane's performances in Australia were good, taking 2 wickets in 3 games in a series that England would lose 3–2.
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On 10 July 2015, Crane made his Hampshire 1st team debut in a Natwest T20 Blast fixture against Surrey at the Ageas Bowl. Coming on in the 9th over of Surrey's innings with them chasing 187 runs for victory, Crane bowled well dismissing Kumar Sangakkara and Vikram Solanki in his allocated 4 over to finish with figures of 2/35 as Hampshire won by 29 runs.
In December 2015 he was named in England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2]
In October 2016 Crane went to Sydney to play for Gordon District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket.[3]
In March 2017, Crane made his debut for New South Wales, becoming the first overseas player to play for them since Imran Khan in 1984,[4] where he took match figures of 5/116 and remained 15 not out when batting.[5]
In April 2022, he was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[6] That month, he was loaned to Sussex for a month.[7]
In March 2024, Crane joined Glamorgan on a season-long loan.[8] In July that year he signed a three-year contract with the Welsh county.[9][10]
International career
editIn June 2017, he was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against South Africa.[11] He made his T20I debut for England against South Africa on 21 June 2017.[12] In August 2017, he was named in England's Test squad for their series against the West Indies, but he did not play.[13] In September 2017, he was named in England's Test squad for the 2017–18 Ashes series.[14] He made his Test debut in the fifth Test against Australia on 4 January 2018.[15] On Test debut, he took his maiden test wicket by dismissing Usman Khawaja, having previously had an appeal against the same player turned down because of a no ball.[16]
On 29 May 2020, Crane was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18] In January 2021, Crane was named as a reserve player in England's Test squad for their series against India.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Mason Crane gets England Call-up". Worthing Cricket Club. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Aneurin Donald recalled for U-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ Vimpany, Mike (10 January 2017). "Cricket: Hampshire's Mason Crane earns praise from Trevor Chappell for performances in Australia". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Crane follows Imran Khan with New South Wales debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 25th Match: New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Mar 7-10, 2017". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Mason Crane and Aaron Beard join on one-month loans". Sussex County Cricket Club. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Glamorgan sign Mason Crane on loan from Hampshire". Glamorgan County Cricket Club. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Spinner Crane joins Glamorgan on permanent deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "MASON CRANE SIGNS FOR GLAMORGAN". Glamorgan County Cricket Club. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Livingstone, Crane in England T20 squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "South Africa tour of England, 1st T20I: England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "England Test squad named for West Indies". England and Wales Cricket Board. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "England name Test squad for Ashes tour". England and Wales Cricket Board. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "5th Test, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Sydney, Jan 4-8 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Oh, no ball!". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "India v England: Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer return to Joe Root's squad for first two Tests in Ahmedabad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2021.