Gus Mackay
Angus James Mackay (born 13 June 1967 in Salisbury - now Harare) is the chief executive of Cricket Scotland.
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| Full name | Angus James Mackay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1967 Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 62) | 4 January 2001 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 February 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998–1999 | Mashonaland A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Mashonaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 29 January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
Gus Mackay played for Zimbabwe Colts in England in 1984 and then Zimbabwe Schools. In 1986 he spent a year at Essex before being sidelined with a serious ankle injury, he then joined English Midlands club sides Barnt Green and West Bromwich. He made his first-class debut in 1998-99 at the age of 31.
Mackay won a call-up to the Zimbabwe one-day side which toured Australia and New Zealand in 2000-01. He played three ODIs for Zimbabwe in 2001 as a seam bowler.[1]
He was general manager of Mashonaland whilst working as a banker, and in 2006 he was appointed as chief executive at Sussex. At the end of the 2008 season he moved to Surrey as managing director of cricket.
Administration career
Mackay is a former chief executive of Sussex County Cricket Club and Operations Manager of Leicestershire.
Between 2008 and 2010 Mackay was the Managing Director of Cricket of Surrey.
In 2011 Mackay was appointed the CEO of the Harlequins RL.[1]
He served as managing director of the Premiership Rugby team Worcester Warriors between 2017 and 2019. It was announced on 3 October 2019 that he will take up a new role as chief executive of Cricket Scotland.
References
- Harlequins announce former Zimbabwe Cricketer Gus Mackay as CEO Archived 1 February 2013 at Archive.today rleague.com, 15 January 2011