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Leinster Lightning batsman Ed Joyce
Ed Joyce (pictured) has the highest first-class score for Leinster Lightning with 167 not out.

Leinster Lightning was formed in 2013 and became a first-class team in 2017. They played their inaugural first-class match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship against Northern Knights. Leinster Lightning have won the Interprovincial Championship five times, and once with first-class status. In total, 21 players have appeared in first-class cricket for Leinster Lightning, with five players having played in 11 out of 12 first-class fixtures played by Leinster Lightning.

Jack Tector is Leinster Lightning's leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 527 runs. Four batsmen have scored a century for Leinster Lightning in the format: Ed Joyce, John Anderson, Andrew Balbirnie and Simi Singh. Joyce's score of 167 not out, scored in 2017 against Northern Knights is the highest score by a Leinster Lightning batsman, and Joyce also has the teams best batting average: 63.50. Among the bowlers, George Dockrell has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 36 – eight wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler, Peter Chase. Dockrell also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets against Northern Knights in a 2017 match, while conceding 29 runs. Lorcan Tucker has kept wicket in 11 out of 12 of Leinster Lightning's first-class matches, taking 24 catches and effecting 4 stumpings. Balbirnie has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 11.

Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.

Key

General

  • † – Wicket-keeper
  • First – Year of first-class debut for Leinster Lightning
  • Last – Year of latest first-class match for Leinster Lightning
  • Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Leinster Lightning

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

All statistics correct as of the end of the Irish 2019 cricket season.

List of first-class cricketers

Leinster Lightning first-class players
No. Name Nationality First Last Mat Runs HS Avg Balls Wkt BBI Ave Ca St Ref(s)
Batting Bowling Fielding
01 Ed Joyce  Ireland 2017 2018 5 381 167* 63.50 0 – – – 6 0
02 Jack Tector  Ireland 2017 2019 11 527 87 40.53 0 – – – 6 0
03 John Anderson  Ireland 2017 2018 8 317 123* 35.33 90 1 1/8 55.00 10 0
04 Andrew Balbirnie  Ireland 2017 2019 11 491 114* 49.10 411 11 4/23 12.45 11 0
05 Simi Singh  Ireland 2017 2019 10 403 100* 36.63 1,551 25 5/38 22.88 5 0
06 Lorcan Tucker †  Ireland 2017 2019 11 220 56 20.00 0 – – – 24 4
07 Eddie Richardson  Ireland 2017 2018 5 166 81 33.20 516 10 4/88 26.50 4 0
08 Gareth Delany  Ireland 2017 2019 3 35 15* 11.66 294 4 3/48 36.00 1 0
09 Kevin O'Brien  Ireland 2017 2019 7 156 74 26.00 466 9 2/32 22.55 4 0
10 Peter Chase  Ireland 2017 2019 11 57 24 14.25 1,359 28 5/24 31.03 1 0
11 Max Neville  Ireland 2017 2017 2 2 1* 2.00 198 2 2/22 59.50 0 0
12 George Dockrell  Ireland 2017 2019 11 304 92 27.63 1,899 36 6/29 22.94 5 0
13 Sean Terry  Ireland 2017 2018 5 138 73 19.71 0 – – – 3 0
14 Tyrone Kane  Ireland 2017 2019 9 214 75 30.57 1,098 15 3/45 33.53 2 0
15 David Delany  Ireland 2017 2018 2 1 1* 1.00 284 5 4/31 35.60 0 0
16 Stephen Doheny  Ireland 2018 2019 5 86 50 17.20 18 1 1/4 4.00 3 0
17 Josh Little  Ireland 2018 2019 4 34 27 17.00 249 5 3/95 32.00 1 0
18 Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin  Ireland 2019 2019 4 121 86 30.25 0 – – – 2 0
19 Fionn Hand  Ireland 2019 2019 1 – – – 42 0 – – 0 0
20 Barry McCarthy  Ireland 2019 2019 3 52 44 26.00 366 8 5/51 21.12 1 0
21 Patrick Tice †  Ireland 2019 2019 1 – – – 0 – – – 2 0

See also

References

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  33. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Josh Little". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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  36. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Fionn Hand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  37. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Fionn Hand". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  38. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Barry McCarthy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  39. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Barry McCarthy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  40. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Patrick Tice". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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