Aileen Martina Galvin (born 22 July 1968) is a former Scottish international

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er whose career for the Scottish national side spanned from 2000 to 2006. Galvin was born in

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, but played all of her international cricket for Scotland.Players / Scotland / Aileen Galvin
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015. She made her debut for the team in June 2000, against

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(an English county team).Women's miscellaneous matches played by Aileen Galvin
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015. The following year, Galvin was selected in the Scottish squad for the 2001 European Championship, where matches held

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(ODI) status. The tournament was Scotland's first at ODI level, and Galvin played as

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in all three of her team's matches, against

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, and the

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.Women's ODI matches played by Aileen Galvin
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015. The next international tournament for Scotland was the

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in the Netherlands, which served as a qualifier for the 2005 World Cup. Galvin played in first three matches of the tournament, against the Netherlands,

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, and the

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, but for the final two matches (against

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and Ireland) was replaced as wicket-keeper by Ali Ramsay. She continued to make sporadic appearances for Scotland over the next few years, including at the 2005 European Championship.Women's limited-overs matches played by Aileen Galvin
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2015. Her final recorded match coming against

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in May 2006, aged 37. Unusually for a modern-day wicket-keeper, Galvin regularly came in last in the batting order, batting eleventh in four out of her six ODIs. Her five ODI innings yielded only four runs in total, and including three

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References

External links

Aileen Galvin at CricketArchive

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galvin, Aileen 1968 births Living people Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom Irish women cricketers Scotland women One Day International cricketers Scottish women cricketers Cricketers from County Dublin Wicket-keepers