Paul Mooney (cricketer)

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Paul Mooney

Personal information

Full name

Paul John Kevin Mooney

Born

15 October 1976
Dublin, Ireland

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

All-rounder

Relations

John Mooney (brother)

International information

National side

Ireland

ODI debut (cap 9)

13 June 2006 v England

Last ODI

3 April 2007 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1998–2006

Ireland

Career statistics

Competition	ODIs	FC	OD	ICC
Matches	4	11	20	13
Runs scored	12	174	130	63
Batting average	12.00	14.50	21.66	15.75
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	11*	32	24	22*
Balls bowled	87	853	763	614
Wickets	0	20	22	17
Bowling average	–	24.45	30.86	25.11
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	0	–	–
Best bowling	0/17	4/12	4/34	4/17
Catches/stumpings	2/–	6/–	4/–	2/–

Source: CricketArchive, 8 September 2009

Paul John Kevin Mooney (born 15 October 1976) is an Irish cricketer.

A member of the successful North County, Mooney is a medium-pace bowler and competent lower-order batsman. He first appeared for Ireland in 1998 against Marylebone Cricket Club at Lurgan. He is the elder brother of fellow Irish squadmate John.

Mooney has often reserved his best efforts at international level for fixtures involving more exalted opposition, most notably against Zimbabwe at Clontarf in June 2000, when he removed both Andy and Grant Flower for nought in the process of contributing 4-24 to Ireland's forlorn defence of a meagre total. Three years later, Mooney's 2-19 was a crucial component of Ireland's 10-wicket victory over the same opposition at Stormont. He also featured in Ireland's historic victory over the West Indies at the Belfast venue in June 2004, when three valuable wickets mitigated the 67 runs Mooney surrendered off his ten overs.

Mooney, a survivor of Ireland's disastrous 2001 ICC Trophy campaign in Canada (where his 4-17 against Bermuda emerged as a rare highlight of a catastrophic tour), featured in all six matches at the 2005 event, which Ireland hosted. An integral member of the formidable bowling unit which served Ireland so well, Mooney took eight wickets at 25.12 (including 3-10 against Uganda) as Ireland claimed the runners-up position and consequent qualification for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Mooney has been named in the Irish squad which will challenge Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and the West Indian hosts in Group D of the competition. As of September 2006, he has appeared in one ODI against England.

On 20 April 2007, after Ireland's campaign in the 2007 World Cup, where he played one match in the tournament and the team qualified for the super eights, Mooney announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 30. Looking back at his career for Ireland, he said "I have been fortunate to have represented Ireland for ten years now, and during that period I have had some of the best times and experiences of my life".^[1]

From 2008-10, he was the head coach of a cricket club in Christchurch, New Zealand.

References

↑ Cricinfo staff (20 April 2007), Paul Mooney announces retirement, Cricinfo, retrieved 2009-09-08

External links

v t 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

Persondata
Name	Mooney, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	Irish cricketer
Date of birth	15 October 1976
Place of birth	Dublin
Date of death
Place of death

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