List of Ireland Twenty20 International cricketers

Ireland playing Pakistan in a Twenty20 International at The Oval during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20

A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams that have official ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. It is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket and is the shortest form of the game. The first such match was played on 17 February 2005 between Australia and New Zealand.^[1] The Ireland cricket team played its first T20I match on 2 August 2008, against Scotland as part of the 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, winning the match by 4 wickets.^[2]

Ireland have won 18 of their 34 T20I matches.^[3] William Porterfield is the current captain of the team and has captained Ireland in all 30 of their T20I matches.^[4] Paul Stirling holds the record for the highest score by an Ireland player in T20I cricket, with 79 in a five wicket victory over Afghanistan in March 2012.^[5] Porterfield is Ireland's leading run scorer in this format, making 516 from 33 innings, at an average of 17.20.^[6] Trent Johnston has taken more wickets than any other Irish bowler in T20Is, dismissing 32 batsmen with an average of 19.87.^[7]

This list comprises all members of the Ireland cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Key

Players

Statistics are correct as of Ireland's most recent T20I, against the Netherlands on 21 March 2014.^[9]

Cap	Name	First	Last	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	50	Avg	Balls	Mdn	Runs	Wkt	BB	Avg	Ca	St	Ref(s)
					Batting						Bowling						Fielding
1	Botha, AndreAndre Botha	2008	2010	14	11	1	130	380 !38	0	1300 !13.00	204	0	184	21	3186 !3/14	0876 !8.76	8	0	[10]
2	Connell, PeterPeter Connell	2008	2010	9	3	2	4	035 !3*	0	0400 !4.00	153	1	156	10	3202 !3/8	1560 !15.60	3	0	[11]
3	Cusack, AlexAlex Cusack	2008	2014	30	18	4	216	650 !65	1	1542 !15.42	510	2	600	32	4189 !4/11	1875 !18.75	7	0	[12]
4	Johnston, TrentTrent Johnston	2008	2013	30	19	7	249	620 !62	1	2075 !20.75	594	5	636	32	4177 !4/22	1987 !19.87	9	0	[13]
5	McCallan, KyleKyle McCallan	2008	2009	9	3	2	11	095 !9*	0	1100 !11.00	131	0	152	8	2174 !2/26	1900 !19.00	3	0	[14]
6	O'Brien, KevinKevin O'Brien	2008	2014	37	33	7	399	425 !42*	0	1534 !15.34	471	0	550	26	3165 !3/35	2115 !21.15	14	0	[15]
7	O'Brien, NiallNiall O'Brien	2008	2013	21	20	1	362	500 !50	1	1905 !19.05	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	12	8	[16]
8	Porterfield, WilliamWilliam Porterfield	2008	2014	37	36	4	627	565 !56*	1	1959 !19.59	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	15	0	[17]
9	Strydom, ReinhardtReinhardt Strydom	2008	2008	4	2	1	6	055 !5*	0	0600 !6.00	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	1	0	[18]
10	White, AndrewAndrew White	2008	2012	18	12	6	137	290 !29	0	2283 !22.83	24	0	18	2	2182 !2/18	0900 !9.00	2	0	[19]
11	Wilson, GaryGary Wilson	2008	2014	34	29	4	511	415 !41*	0	2044 !20.44	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	18	3	[20]
12	Bray, JeremyJeremy Bray	2009	2009	2	2	0	2	020 !2	0	0100 !1.00	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	2	0	[21]
13	Mooney, JohnJohn Mooney	2009	2013	23	20	8	204	315 !31*	0	1700 !17.00	84	1	94	4	2189 !2/11	2350 !23.50	13	0	[22]
14	Rankin, BoydBoyd Rankin	2009	2012	15	3	2	13	075 !7*	0	1300 !13.00	354	1	364	17	3179 !3/20	2141 !21.41	6	0	[notes 1][23]
15	West, ReganRegan West	2009	2009	5	4	1	11	080 !8	0	0366 !3.66	114	0	142	3	1176 !1/23	4733 !47.33	1	0	[24]
16	Stirling, PaulPaul Stirling	2009	2014	26	26	4	584	790 !79	5	2654 !26.54	300	1	346	12	3178 !3/21	2883 !28.83	7	0	[25]
17	Dockrell, GeorgeGeorge Dockrell	2010	2014	26	3	2	2	025 !2*	0	0200 !2.00	520	1	539	33	4179 !4/20	1633 !16.33	7	0	[26]
18	Eaglestone, PhilPhil Eaglestone	2010	2010	1	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	12	0	16	0	-1 !–	9998 !–	0	0	[27]
19	Kidd, GaryGary Kidd	2010	2010	1	1	1	1	015 !1*	0	00.01 !–	18	0	32	0	-1 !–	9998 !–	0	0	[28]
20	Jones, NigelNigel Jones	2010	2012	5	4	2	42	145 !14*	0	2100 !21.00	12	0	14	0	-1 !–	9998 !–	1	0	[29]
21	Joyce, EdEd Joyce	2012	2014	16	14	3	404	785 !78*	1	3672 !36.72	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	5	0	[notes 2][30]
22	McCann, RoryRory McCann	2012	2012	3	1	0	1	010 !1	0	0100 !1.00	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	1	2	[31]
23	Sorensen, MaxMax Sorensen	2012	2014	16	5	4	27	125 !12*	0	2700 !27.00	270	1	331	16	3179 !3/20	2060 !20.60	8	0	[32]
24	Poynter, AndrewAndrew Poynter	2012	2014	10	8	1	154	570 !57	1	2200 !22.00	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	1	0	[33]
25	Murtagh, TimTim Murtagh	2012	2014	7	2	1	5	030 !3	0	0500 !5.00	148	0	179	7	2176 !2/24	2557 !25.57	1	0	[34]
26	Shannon, JamesJames Shannon	2013	2013	1	1	0	2	020 !2	0	0200 !2.00	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	9999 !–	1	0	[35]
27	Thompson, StuartStuart Thompson	2014	2014	5	2	1	10	070 !7	0	1000 !10.00	12	0	14	1	1191 !1/9	1400 !14.00	1	0	[36]
28	McBrine, AndrewAndrew McBrine	2014	2014	2	0	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	-1 !–	30	0	50	2	2174 !2/26	2500 !25.00	0	0	[37]

See also

• Twenty20 International
• Ireland cricket team
• List of Ireland ODI cricketers

Notes

1. ↑ Boyd Rankin has also played Twenty20 International cricket for England. Only his record for Ireland is given above.
2. ↑ Ed Joyce has also played Twenty20 International cricket for England. Only his record for Ireland is given above.

References