Trent Johnston

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Trent Johnston
Ireland
Personal information
Full name David Trent Johnston
Nickname Jonty
Born 29 April 1974 (1974-04-29) (age 34)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
International information
ODI debut (cap 4) 13 June 2006: v England
Last ODI 15 July 2007: v Scotland
ODI shirt no. 1
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004–present Ireland
1998–2000 New South Wales
Career statistics
ODIs FC LA ICC
Matches 20 15 45 6
Runs scored 320 343 675 183
Batting average 22.85 22.86 20.45 30.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/2 0/1
Top score 45* 71 67 67
Balls bowled 710 2062 1837 303
Wickets 10 54 40 12
Bowling average 61.50 19.02 37.90 21.08
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/40 6/23 4/13 3/39
Catches/stumpings 10/– 4/– 20/0 1/–

As of 14 August 2007
Source: cricketarchive.com

David Trent Johnston usually known as Trent Johnston (born 29 April 1974 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia)[1] is an Australian-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he had played for the Ireland cricket team 49 times as of 18 April 2007[2] and has continued to represent them since that date, playing in five Friends Provident Trophy matches in 2007 at the time of writing.[3] He played first-class and List A cricket for New South Wales earlier in his career. [1]In October 2007 he published a book "Raiders of the Caribbean" (co-authored with Gerard Siggins) which tells the story of Ireland's remarkable performances in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] New South Wales

Johnston made his first-class debut for New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in March 1999.[4] He played his only List A match for them in October that year, against Queensland.[3] He played four Pura Cup matches for them in 2000[4] before his career took him to Ireland.

[edit] Ireland

Johnston first played club cricket in Ireland in 1995 and returned for four more seasons, meeting his wife Vanessa in the country, with whom he now has two children. He continued playing Sydney Grade Cricket, but qualified for an Irish passport and then-coach Adrian Birrell decided he might be a useful addition to the Irish side.[5]

He made his debut for Ireland on 5 May 2004 against Surrey[2] in a C & G Trophy match that Ireland won, only their second win against a first-class county.[6] He also played in the next match of the competition against Northamptonshire.[3]

His next appearances for Ireland were two matches against the West Indies in June,[2] the second of which Ireland won.[7] He then played against the MCC later that month, before making his first-class debut for Ireland against the Netherlands in the Intercontinental Cup.[4] This was followed by the 2004 European Championship[8] and a first-class match against Scotland.[4]

The main action in 2005 was the 2005 ICC Trophy, hosted in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Johnston was in the Irish squad[9] and they reached the final, losing to Scotland, but still qualifying for the 2007 World Cup.[10] He was made Irish captain in time for the semi-final of the 2005 Intercontinental Cup against the UAE in Windhoek, Namibia. The match was drawn, but Ireland qualified for the final on bonus points.[11] Ireland faced Kenya in the final, winning by six wickets.[12]

The following year started with several matches against English county sides[2] before captaining Ireland[13] in their first ever One Day International against England.[14] He also played in the European Championship that year,[15] which included ODIs against Scotland and the Netherlands.[16] He also played in two Intercontinental Cup matches, against Namibia and Scotland.[4]

Johnston remained Irish captain for the World Cricket League Division One tournament in Kenya in January/February 2007[17] and for the World Cup,[18] playing an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in between the two events.[4]

The World Cup provided Johnston with some of the high points in his cricket career, leading his team to a thrilling tie against Zimbabwe and hitting the winning runs against Pakistan to record one of the biggest upsets in cricket history.[19] He also captained Ireland to a win over Bangladesh in the Super Eight stage of the tournament[20] as Ireland finished eighth in the tournament.[21] He has now played a total of fifteen ODIs for Ireland,[16] playing in all but two of Ireland's 17 ODIs.[14]

He has remained captain of the Ireland side for their Friends Provident Trophy campaign in 2007[3] and took a hat-trick against Gloucestershire on 10 May 2007[22] which was only the second hat-trick for Ireland, the only previous one coming in August 1877 against I Zingari.[23]

[edit] Statistics

In all matches for Ireland as of 18 April 2007, Johnston has scored 989 runs at an average of 25.36, with a top score of 83 against Denmark in July 2004, one of five half-centuries he has scored for Ireland. He has taken 76 wickets at an average of 24.36, with best innings bowling figures of 6/23 against Namibia in May 2006, one of two five wicket hauls for Ireland.[2]

In first-class cricket, he has scored 273 runs at an average of 21.00 with a top score of 71 and taken 41 wickets at an average of 21.51 with best innings bowling figures of 6/23. In List A cricket, he has scored 584 runs at an average of 20.85 and taken 39 wickets at an average of 36.25 with best innings bowling figures of 4/13.[1]

v • d • e
Ireland squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Johnston (Captain) • 2 McCallan • 3 Botha • 4 Bray • 5 Carroll • 6 Gillespie • 7 Langford-Smith • 8 J Mooney • 9 P Mooney • 10 Morgan • 11 K O'Brien • 12 N O'Brien • 13 Porterfield • 14 Rankin • 15 White • Coach: Birrell
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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Cricket Archive profile
  2. ^ a b c d e CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
  3. ^ a b c d List A matches played by Trent Johnston at Cricket Archive
  4. ^ a b c d e f First-class matches played by Trent Johnston at Cricket Archive
  5. ^ Dream comes true for Johnston, BBC, 12 April 2007
  6. ^ Report of Ireland v Surrey match at Cricket Archive
  7. ^ Report of Ireland v West Indies, 17 June 2004 Cricket Archive
  8. ^ Squads for the 2004 European Championship at CricketEurope
  9. ^ Ireland squad for the 2005 ICC Trophy at CricketEurope
  10. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Scotland, ICC Trophy Final, 13 July 2005 at Cricket Archive]
  11. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v UAE, Intercontinental Cup semi-final, 23 October 2005 at Cricket Archive
  12. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Kenya, Intercontinental Cup Final, 27 October 2005 at Cricket Archive]
  13. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v England ODI, 13 June 2006 at Cricket Archive]
  14. ^ a b List of Ireland's ODI matches at Cricket Archive
  15. ^ Squads for the 2006 European Championships at CricketEurope
  16. ^ a b One-Day International matches played by Trent Johnston at Cricket Archive
  17. ^ Squads for the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One at CricketEurope
  18. ^ Ireland squad for the 2007 World Cup at CricketEurope
  19. ^ Cricinfo profile
  20. ^ Scorecard of Bangladesh v Ireland World Cup match, 15 April 2007 at Cricket Archive]
  21. ^ 2007 World Cup points tables at Cricket Archive
  22. ^ Scorecard of Ireland v Gloucestershire match, 10 May 2007 at Cricket Archive]
  23. ^ Hat-tricks for Ireland at CricketEurope Stats Zone


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