William Porterfield

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William Porterfield
Ireland
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Stuart Porterfield
Born 6 September 1984 (1984-09-06) (age 23)
Donemana, Northern Ireland
Role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand
International information
ODI debut (cap 14) 5 August 2006: v Scotland
Last ODI 15 July 2007: v Scotland
ODI shirt no. 34
Domestic team information
Years Team
2006–present Ireland
2008–present Gloucestershire
2007 MCC
Career statistics
ODIs FC LA
Matches 23 9 41
Runs scored 658 481 1189
Batting average 31.33 40.08 31.28
100s/50s 2/2 1/1 2/7
Top score 112* 166 112*
Balls bowled 0 36 0
Wickets 0 1 0
Bowling average n/a 57.00 n/a
5 wickets in innings n/a 0 n/a
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling n/a 1/57 n/a
Catches/stumpings 11/– 5/– 14/–

As of 30 May 2008
Source: Cricinfo.com

William Thomas Stuart Porterfield (born September 6, 1984) in Donemana, Northern Ireland, is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and has played for the Irish cricket team since 2006, having lined up for the Under-19s since 2003. He has captained Ireland at all levels from Under 13 to Ireland A.[1]

He has also played Second XI cricket for Durham and MCC Young Cricketers. Most recently he has represented his country in two One-day international matches in the European Cricket Championships.

On the 31st of January 2007, he scored his maiden ODI century with an unbeaten 112 to guide his side to victory over Bermuda. He followed it up in his next game with 104 not out against Kenya.

In the 2007 World Cup he was man of the match with 85 against Bangladesh during a Super Eight game, which Ireland won.[2]

Porterfield attracted interest from Gloucestershire during the 2007 World Cup and has been on trial with the county in between international commitments. In the 2007 season, Porterfield became the first Irishman to score 1,000 runs in a calendar year, and towards the end of the season Gloucestershire offered Porterfield a two year contract.[1][3][4]

Porterfield was appointed Ireland captain at the start of the 2008 season, succeeding Trent Johnston.[5] He guided Ireland to their first victory against a county side in two years against Warwickshire with an innings of 69 from 110 balls.[6] Porterfield was absent from Ireland's last two Friends Provident Trophy matches as he was called into the Gloucestershire squad, Kyle McCallan took over the role of captain.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Barry Chambers (2007-08-30). Porterfield gets deal with Gloucestershire. Irish Cricket Union. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
  2. ^ ICC World Cup - 42nd match, Super Eights Bangladesh v Ireland. Cricinfo.com (2007-04-15). Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  3. ^ Porterfield attracts Gloucester interest. Cricinfo.com (2007-04-02). Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
  4. ^ Porterfield signs for Gloucestershire. Cricinfo.com (2007-09-24). Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
  5. ^ Porterfield takes charge. BBC Online (2008-04-23). Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  6. ^ Porterfield leads Ireland to win. BBC Online (2008-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  7. ^ Cricket Ireland (2008-05-22). Ireland hit by Porterfield withdrawal. Cricketeurope4.net. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.

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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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