Ryan Haire

Ryan Samuel Haire (born 1 May 1981 in Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland^[1]) is an Irish cricketer.

A left-handed batsman, leg spin bowler and occasional wicket-keeper^[1] he played five times for the Ireland cricket team in 2000^[2] including one first-class match.^[3]

Playing career

He first featured for the Ireland cricket team at Under-19 level, playing in the 1999 European Championship^[4] and the following years U/19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.^[5]

He made his debut for the senior side later in 2000, playing two matches against the MCC in Eglinton, County Londonderry in May.^[2] He was then named in the Irish squad for that year's European Championship,^[6] playing in the matches against Denmark and Italy.^[2] The following month, he played what to date is his final match for Ireland against Scotland,^[2] which is his only first-class match.^[1]

Whilst he has not played for the Irish senior side since 2000, he has continued to play at lower levels. He played for an Ireland Development XI in 2001,^[7] and for Ireland A in 2003.^[8] He was named in the Ireland squad for the 2004 European Under-23 Championship,^[9] but the tournament was abandoned due to the weather.^[10] He also played in two 2005 ICC Trophy warm-up matches for a Northern Cricket Union President's XI against Bermuda and the USA.^[11]

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 47 runs at an average of 11.75, with a top score of 31 not out in his first match against the MCC.^[2]

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