He moved from Oxford to Edinburgh at the age of 13 initially with the intention of pursuing his career as a pro golfer. He went onto become a scratch golfer by the age of 16 and he also went onto play golf alongside Tyrrell Hatton regularly in Oxfordshire.[2] However, he changed his mind from becoming a pro golfer to a cricketer as he found tough challenges in pursuing his interest in golf.[2]
Domestic and franchise career
Munsey has played club cricket in Scotland for The Grange Club and Watsonians.[4] He remained in Edinburgh after finishing his school and obtained a first central contract with Cricket Scotland in 2014.[2]
On 21 April 2019, playing for Gloucestershire 2nd XI against Bath in an unofficial Twenty20 match, Munsey scored 147 runs in 39 balls. His century was brought up in 25 balls, having scored his fifty in 17 balls, whilst he also scored six sixes in an over as Gloucestershire 2nd XI made 326/3 from their 20 overs.[5] He was bought by Brampton Wolves for the 2019 Global T20 Canada.
In June 2019, he was selected to represent Scotland A in their tour to Ireland to play the Ireland Wolves.[11] Later the same month, he was selected to play for the Brampton Wolves franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[12] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[13][14] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[15]
In the second match of the Ireland tri-series, against the Netherlands, Munsey scored 127 not out. It was his first century in T20Is, and the second-fastest century in T20I cricket, coming from 41 balls.[19] In the same match, Munsey and Kyle Coetzer made an opening partnership of 200 runs, the highest partnership for any wicket for Scotland in T20Is, and the third-highest partnership overall.[20] Scotland went on to score 252/3 from their twenty overs, their highest total in T20I cricket.[20]