Andrew Balbirnie

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Personal information

Full name	Andrew Balbirnie
Born	28 December 1990 (1990-12-28) (age 34) Dublin, Ireland
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Batsman, occasional wicketkeeper
International information
National side	Ireland
Only Test (cap 1)	11 May 2018 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 35)	5 July 2010 v Scotland
Last ODI	24 March 2018 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.	63
T20I debut (cap 35)	19 June 2015 v Scotland
Last T20I	16 February 2016 v UAE
T20I shirt no.	63
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–2015	Middlesex (squad no. 15)
2011–2013	Cardiff MCCU
2013–present	Leinster Lightning
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	FC
Matches	1	47	10	21
Runs scored	0	1,114	84	841
Batting average	0	26.52	12.00	32.34
100s/50s	-/-	2/5	0/0	2/3
Top scores	0	105	31	205*
Balls bowled	-	60	–	441
Wickets	-	2	–	10
Bowling average	-	34.00	–	17.90
5 wickets in innings	-	0	–	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a	n/a	0
Best bowling	-	1/31	–	4/23
Catches/stumpings	1/–	11/–	3/–	17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2018

Andrew Balbirnie (born 28 December 1990) is an Irish cricketer. Balbirnie is a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He was born at Dublin and was educated at St. Andrew's College. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match, against Pakistan, in May 2018. In the match he became the first Test cap for Ireland in Test cricket.

External links[]

Andrew Balbirnie at ESPNcricinfo

	Current captains of national cricket teams with full Test status	v • t • e

Afghanistan	Hashmatullah Shahidi (Test, ODI)

Australia	Pat Cummins (Test) • Aaron Finch (ODI, T20I)

Bangladesh	Mominul Haque (Test) • Tamim Iqbal (ODI) • Mahmudullah (T20I)

England	Joe Root (Test) • Eoin Morgan (ODI, T20I)

India	Rohit Sharma

Ireland	Andrew Balbirnie

New Zealand	Kane Williamson

Pakistan	Babar Azam

South Africa	Dean Elgar (Test) • Temba Bavuma (ODI, T20I)

Sri Lanka	Dimuth Karunaratne (Test) • Dasun Shanaka (ODI, T20I)

West Indies	Kraigg Brathwaite (Test) • Kieron Pollard (ODI, T20I)

Zimbabwe	Sean Williams (Test) • Craig Ervine (ODI, T20I)

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