craig cachopa Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
craig cachopa is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Craig Cachopa
Born
January 17, 1992, Welkom, South Africa
Age
31 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Teams he has played for:
- Carl Cachopa
- B Cachopa
- Auckland
- New Zealand Under-19s
- Sussex
- Sussex 2nd XI
- Wellington
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
A right-handed batsman who can also keep wickets, the youngest Cachopa came into prominence at the tender age of 16 when he was named in New Zealand's Under-19 team. Two years later, in 2010, he was named as captain of the team to take part in the 2010 edition of Under-19 World Cup.
In a quirk of fate, Craig made his first-class debut for Wellington, in 2012, against Auckland - which included his brother Brad. However, he soon changed track to Auckland, where he would go on to play along side his brothers. In 2014, he was tempted to move across to England by Auckland's overseas player, Luke Wright. He signed up with Sussex with an intention to play for England in the near future, his Portuguese passport helping him qualify as a non-overseas player.
However, Craig quit Sussex, with whom he signed up in 2016 and returned to New Zealand and Auckland - signalling his intention to try and secure a long term future in New Zealand cricket.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Craig Cachopa negotiated an early release from his contract at Sussex for what the club called "personal reasons" at the end of the 2016 season and announced that he would consider whether to go full circle and qualify for New Zealand. Cachopa was enticed to England in 2014 by Luke Wright, now Sussex's captain, when he was playing in New Zealand. He was born in South Africa but qualifies as a non-overseas signing in England as he holds a Portuguese passport. After three seasons in county cricket, however, in which his success was modest, he could chose to explore links with New Zealand, where he was a former U-19 national captain, saying that, at 24, he wanted to "try to achieve some of my childhood dreams." Sussex's coach Mark Davis termed him "an immensely talented cricketer who has yet to reach his potential." We wish him great success in whatever he decides to pursue in the future."
A middle-order batsman born in South Africa, Craig Cachopa was named as New Zealand's captain for the Under-19 World Cup in 2010. He comes from a strong cricketing family: his elder brother Carl has played first-class cricket for Auckland and another brother Bradley has also represented New Zealand Under-19s. He made his debut for Wellington in 2012 before moving to Auckland.
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