Jonathan Alexander Bushe (born 12 December 1978 in County Armagh

County Armagh

-History:Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid before the fourth century AD. It was ruled by the Red Branch, whose capital was Emain Macha near Armagh. The site, and subsequently the city, were named after the goddess Macha...

) is an Irish cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

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He played for the Ireland Under-19 team at the 1998 Under-19 World Cup, before making his debut for the Ireland senior team against Scotland

Scottish cricket team

The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They compete in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as the Scottish Saltires...

 in June 1998. He remained a regular member of the team for the following two years, playing a first-class

First-class cricket

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 match against Australia A

Australia A cricket team

The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...

 later in 1998. He made his List A debut in the ICC Emerging Nations

ICC 6 Nations Challenge

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 tournament in 2000, and played two matches against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean cricket team

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 later in the same year.

He returned to the Irish team in August 2003, playing against the Duke of Norfolk

Duke of Norfolk

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's XI. He remained in the team for a further year, winning his 29th and, to date, last cap against Bangladesh

Bangladeshi cricket team

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 on 30 August 2004 in what was a Bangladeshi warm-up match for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy

2004 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England in September 2004. Twelve teams, including the Test nations, together with Kenya, and – making their One Day International debut – the USA, competed in fifteen matches spread over sixteen days at three venues Edgbaston, The Rose Bowl and The...

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