15 Facts About Mal Loye

Mal Loye was part of the Durham University team that won the 1993 Universities Athletic Union final against Manchester University.

Mal Loye ended up with four hundreds in 1998, a new season best, and was named PCA Player of the Year to follow on from his 1993 award of PCA Young Player of the Year.

Mal Loye was an ever-present during Lancashire's march to the County Championship Division Two title in 2005 and was the county's leading run-scorer with 1,198, including a knock of 200 against Durham.

Mal Loye almost became the first Lancashire batsman ever to score consecutive double centuries but was dismissed for 194 in the next match against Essex.

Mal Loye made a century in the Twenty20 Cup for the first time when he hammered exactly 100 against Durham, including five sixes and 10 fours.

Mal Loye became a mainstay in the Lancashire top-order from there on and his good form provided him with a call-up to England's One Day International 30-man preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India.

Mal Loye was awarded with a benefit season for 2008.

Mal Loye was released by the county following the 2011 season.

Mal Loye acted as a wicket keeper for the England team led by Dominic Cork during the tournament.

In January 2007 Mal Loye was playing for Auckland, when he was called up to the England squad as cover for the injured Michael Vaughan, and made his One Day International debut on 19 January 2007 when he was England's top scorer with 36 runs off 36 balls.

Mal Loye was left out of England's squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in favour of Ravi Bopara.

Chairman of selectors David Graveney said that Mal Loye could be considered unlucky and had not done anything wrong, but that his inclusion would have made the squad "top-heavy".

Mal Loye was left out of England's Twenty20 squad for a tournament in South Africa, despite having had healthy stats and success in the domestic form of the game over the previous few seasons and having averaged 57 in the 2007 tournament.

Mal Loye coached cricket at a number of private schools in England, and coached at Derbyshire County Cricket Club.

Mal Loye coached cricket in Natal, South Africa, and worked as an ODI coach for the Bangladesh cricket team between 2015 and 2016, quitting due to terrorism fears.