List of Irish ODI cricketers - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Since their first match in 2006, 36 players have represented Ireland in One Day Internationals (ODIs). A One Day International is an international 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...

match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). An ODI differs from Test matches

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

in that the number of overs

Over (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....

per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings. Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Ireland have played 58 ODIs, resulting in 28 victories, 26 defeats, 3 no results, and 1 tie. Ireland played their maiden ODI on 13 June 2006 against England. Ireland lost by 38 runs, although the match drew interest and was played in front a full capacity crowd at the Civil Service Cricket Club

Civil Service Cricket Club

Civil Service Cricket Club is one of Ireland's oldest cricket clubs. Formed in 1863 in Dublin's Phoenix Park, the club currently has over 40 members and competes in league and cup competitions arranged by The Leinster Cricket Union....

in Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

. By reaching the final of the 2005 ICC Trophy

2005 ICC Trophy

Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...

, Ireland qualified for the 2007 World Cup

2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...

, where they progressed to the super eights – the second round-robin stage of the tournament – and managed victories against the Test playing nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh and a tie against Zimbabwe. Ireland's performance, which took pundits by surprise, propelled them to 10th place in the ICC ODI rankings, ahead of Zimbabwe and Kenya. Ireland is one of two associate nations to be part of the rankings; associates are the next level of team below those that play Test cricket.

Irish cricket has experienced a migration of some of its players to the English county cricket

County cricket

County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...

system, where teams representing 18 of the traditional counties of England

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

compete. Players such as Ed Joyce

Ed Joyce

Edmund Christopher Joyce is an Irish cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the...

– who has played ODI cricket for England – have left Ireland to take up cricket as a profession in England, something that is not possible in Ireland as there is no professional infrastructure. On occasion, some of Ireland's players – notably captain William Porterfield

William Porterfield

William Thomas Stuart Porterfield in Donemana, Northern Ireland, is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and the captain of the Ireland cricket team. He has played for the senior Ireland since 2006 and the Under-19s since 2003...

(Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....

), batsman Eoin Morgan

Eoin Morgan

Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan is an Irish cricketer who plays for the England national cricket team. A left-handed batsman, he plays county cricket for Middlesex and has been selected for England's Test, ODI and Twenty20 squads. He originally represented his native Ireland at international level...

(Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

), 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...

Niall O'Brien

Niall O'Brien (cricketer)

Niall John O'Brien is an Irish cricketer educated at Marian College, Ballsbridge. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. O'Brien's brother Kevin plays with him in the Irish team...

(Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

), and bowler Boyd Rankin

Boyd Rankin

William Boyd Rankin is an Irish cricketer, from Derry, Northern Ireland. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler.William is a tall bowler who stands at 6 ft 8 inches and has a distinctive bouncing action in his bowling...

(Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...

) – have been unavailable to play due to commitments to their county side, weakening the national side. Some players, such as Morgan, want to qualify for England. Ireland, having won a hat-trick of ICC Intercontinental Cup

ICC Intercontinental Cup

The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development programme...

titles since 2005, have been labelled the "leading associate".

Jeremy Bray

Jeremy Bray (cricketer)

Jeremy Paul Bray is a former Australian-born Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed top order batsman. Bray was the Player of the Championships at the 1992–93 Australian Under-19 Cricket Championships in Brisbane and was selected for the Australian Under-19 side, playing two Youth Tests and one...

scored Ireland's first ODI century on 30 January 2007 in a match against Scotland. Bray later scored Ireland's maiden World Cup century when he struck 115 not out

Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

against Zimbabwe on 15 March 2007. The highest score in ODIs for Ireland is 177, scored by Paul Stirling

Paul Stirling

Paul Robert Stirling is an Irish cricketer. He debuted in first-class cricket in March 2008, playing for Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup. The same year Stirling made his debut in One Day Internationals . Having represented Middlesex's youth sides and Second XI, Stirling signed a contract...

against Canada on 7 September 2010. The record for best bowling figures in an innings for Ireland in ODIs belongs to Trent Johnston

Trent Johnston

David Trent Johnston usually known as Trent Johnston is an Australian-born Irish cricketer...

, who took 5/14 against Canada on 19 April 2009. Kevin O'Brien

Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)

Kevin Joseph O'Brien is an Irish cricketer who plays for Railway Union Cricket Club and Gloucestershire. He holds the world record for the fastest century ever scored at a World Cup, coming from 50 balls against England on 2 March 2011. An all-rounder, O'Brien is an aggressive right-handed...

and Trent Johnston are Ireland's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker with 1,495 runs and 52 wickets.

Players

Statistics are correct as of 7 March 2011. This list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first ODI cap.

Key
General

*: an innings that ended not out

Not out

Mat: number of matches played

Batting

Batting (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket. A player who is currently batting is denoted as a batsman, while the act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke...

Inn: number of innings

Innings

An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...

NO: number of times an innings ends not out

Not out

Runs: number of runs

Run (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. Runs are scored by a batsman, and the aggregate of the scores of a team's batsmen constitutes the team's score. A batsman scoring 50 or 100 runs , or any higher multiple of 50 runs, is considered a particular achievement...

scored by batsman/off bowler's bowling

HS: highest score

Avg: batting average

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

100/50: number of centuries

Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...

and half-centuries scored

Bowling

Bowling (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler who is also a competent batsman is known as an all-rounder...

Balls: number of deliveries bowled

Mdn: number of maiden overs (overs off which no runs were scored)

Wkt: number of wicket

Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...

s taken

BB: best bowling figures

Avg: bowling average

Bowling average

Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...

5wI: number of times 5 wickets were taken in an innings

Fielding

Fielding (cricket)

Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the batsman, in such a way as to either limit the number of runs that the batsman scores or get the batsman out by catching the ball in flight or running the batsman out.Cricket fielding position...

Ca: number of catches taken

St: number of stumpings

Stump (cricket)

Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three different meanings:# part of the wicket# a manner of dismissing a batsman# the end of the day's play .-Part of the wicket:...

made

Cap	Career	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100/50	Balls	Mdn	Runs	Wkt	BB	Avg	5wI	Ca	St
1	2006–	41	37	4	666	56	20.18	0/2	1,500	22	1,078	41	4/19	26.29	0	11	0
2	2006–2007	15	15	1	401	116	28.64	2/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	6	0
3	2006–2007	5	4	0	2	2	0.50	0/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0
4	2006–	50	38	10	582	45* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	20.78	0/0	2,170	35	1,508	52	5/14	29.00	1	20	0
5	2006–2007	3	3	0	29	18	9.66	0/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	6	0
6	2006–2007/08	22	17	8	142	31*	15.77	0/0	942	12	797	25	3/32	31.88	0	5	0
7	2006–2009	39	28	10	361	50*	20.05	0/1	1,804	12	1208	39	4/30	30.97	0	4	0
8	2006–	32	28	9	588	55	30.94	0/2	648	7	587	19	4/63	30.89	0	11	0
9	2006–2007	4	3	2	12	11*	12.00	0/0	87	0	100	0	n/a	n/a	0	2	0
10	2006–	55	50	8	1,495	142	34.32	2/7	1,636	18	1,310	43	3/18	30.46	0	23	0
11	2006–	51	39	1	723	79	19.02	0/1	793	4	613	25	4/44	24.52	0	20	0
12	2006–2009	23	23	2	744	115	35.42	1/5	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	9	0
13	2006–	43	43	3	1,037	72	25.92	0/7	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	31	7
14	2006–	47	47	3	1,466	112*	33.31	5/5	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	23	0
15	2006/07–2007	6	6	0	70	28	11.66	0/0	6	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	4	0
16	2006/07–	26	10	7	29	7*	9.66	0/0	1,166	15	962	33	3/32	29.15	0	4	0
17	2007–2008	7	5	3	42	19*	21.00	0/0	179	1	128	1	1/33	128.00	0	1	0
18	2007	2	2	0	5	5	2.50	0/0	90	0	99	2	1/43	49.50	0	0	0
19	2007–	26	25	2	607	113	26.52	1/4	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	16	6
20	2007–	33	27	8	512	59*	26.94	0/1	1,005	11	748	34	5/20	22.00	1	14	0
21	2007–2008	6	1	0	15	15	15.00	0/0	216	1	172	1	1/27	172.00	0	1	0
22	2007/08–2008	9	6	0	83	37	13.83	0/1	48	0	63	1	1/63	63.00	0	3	0
23	2007/08	3	2	0	2	2	1.00	0/0	72	0	73	1	1/35	73.00	0	1	0
24	2008–	13	5	3	40	22*	20.00	0/0	564	5	518	13	3/68	39.84	0	1	0
25	2008	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	0/0	42	0	60	1	1/60	60.00	0	0	0
26	2008	2	2	0	56	54	28.00	0/1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	0
27	2008–	14	11	3	149	78	18.68	0/1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0
28	2008–	26	26	1	940	177	37.60	1/6	551	0	409	11	4/11	37.18	0	13	0
29	2008–	10	4	2	61	29*	30.50	0/0	447	8	279	9	4/26	31.00	0	4	0
30	2009	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0
31	2010–	19	9	5	20	6*	5.00	0/0	953	12	672	25	4/35	26.88	0	9	0
32	2010	3	3	0	28	15	9.33	0/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	0
33	2010	8	5	1	44	18	11.00	0/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	22	0
34	2010	11	6	2	69	25*	17.25	0/0	290	6	166	8	2/19	20.75	0	6	0
35	2010	4	4	0	29	17	7.25	0/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	1	0
36	2010	8	6	2	15	8	3.75	0/0	372	1	286	11	5/49	26.00	1	1	0
37	2011–	3	3	0	52	32	17.33	0/0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0

Captains

In 2006, all-rounder

All-rounder

An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...

Trent Johnston became Ireland's first ODI captain. Johnston lead the team during the 2007 World Cup where Ireland progressed to the second round. He stepped down as captain in early 2008 and took a break from cricket as he was struggling with injury problems. William Porterfield succeeded Johnston as Ireland's full-time captain in April 2008. On occasions when Porterfield has been unavailable, sometimes due to commitments with his county side, Kyle McCallan has filled the role of captain.

Player	Dates of captaincy	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	No result
Trent Johnston	2006–2010	32	14	15	1	2	48.33
Kyle McCallan	2008–2008/09	4	0	4	0	0	0.00
Kevin O'Brien	2010	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
William Porterfield	2006/07–present	24	14	9	0	1	58.33
Total	2006–present	61	29	28	1	3	50.89

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