| Steven Mullaney | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Steven John Mullaney |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Warrington, Cheshire, England |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 10 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Lancashire |
| Club2: | Nottinghamshire |
| Club3: | Trent Rockets |
| Year3: | 2021 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 183 |
| Runs1: | 9,862 |
| Bat Avg1: | 33.77 |
| 100S/50S1: | 19/50 |
| Top Score1: | 192 |
| Deliveries1: | 10,469 |
| Wickets1: | 144 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 36.72 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/32 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 172/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 123 |
| Runs2: | 2,611 |
| Bat Avg2: | 35.28 |
| 100S/50S2: | 2/19 |
| Top Score2: | 124 |
| Deliveries2: | 3,981 |
| Wickets2: | 100 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 34.58 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/29 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 57/– |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 186 |
| Runs3: | 1,802 |
| Bat Avg3: | 17.16 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/3 |
| Top Score3: | 79 |
| Deliveries3: | 2,865 |
| Wickets3: | 133 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 28.18 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 4/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 96/– |
| Date: | 30 September |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17986.html ESPNcricinfo |
Steven John Mullaney (born 19 November 1986) is an English cricketer who played in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.[1] For the 2008–09 Australian season he played for South Caulfield in Melbourne's Victorian Turf Cricket Association competition as that club's visiting professional. At the end of the 2009 season, Mullaney, having spent most of the year playing for the second XI, turned down a new contract with Lancashire and instead signed with Nottinghamshire.
Born in Warrington, Cheshire, Mullaney joined Lancashire in 2003. Along with Karl Brown, Steven Croft, and Tom Smith he was part of the first intake of Lancashire's cricket academy.
Between 2005 and 2006, Mullaney played two Youth Test matches. He debuted on 2 February 2005; playing for England U-19s for India U-19s, Mullaney bowled 8 overs for 42 runs in the match and scored 29 not out (29*) and 14, batting at number six in the first innings and number five in the second. England lost the match by an innings and 137 runs. His second and final Test was in July 2006 and also against India U-19s. He scored 0 and 31, both times batting at seven, and conceded 43 runs from 11 overs. He finished the tournament as England's leading wicket-taker, from 5 matches he took 9 wickets at an average of 15.11.
Also between 2005 and 2006, Mullaney played 15 Youth One Day Internationals. In that time, he scored 169 runs at an average of 16.90, with a highest score of 40, and took 10 wickets at an average of 29.40 and best bowling figures of 3 wickets for 26 runs (3/26). During his time in the team, Mullaney took part in the 2006 U-19 World Cup. He had been dropped from the squad after a tour of Sri Lanka in December 2005, but was selected to play in the World Cup in February 2006 after England had a winless tour of Bangladesh.
| Mullaney's statistics for Lancashire | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Runs | Batting average | Wickets | Bowling average | ||
| First-class | 4 | 257 | 64.25 | 1 | 84.00 | |
| LA | 8 | 36 | 12.00 | 10 | 15.80 | |
| T20 | 3 | 5 | 5.00 | 1 | 21.00 | |
In 2009, Mullaney was a regular in the top order of the Lancashire second team which progressed to the final of the Second XI Championship and the semi-final of the Second XI Trophy.
At the end of the 2009 season he turned down a two-year contract with Lancashire and signed for Nottinghamshire.
Mullaney won the Nottinghamshire player of the year award in 2013 having moved up to the opening slot in the county championship, scoring two centuries. He also made an average contribution with the ball, in the side's YB40 title-winning side and the t20 team's progression to the quarterfinals.
He was appointed club captain on 14 November 2017, replacing the long-serving Chris Read.
In April 2022, he was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[2]