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Andy Balbirnie

Ireland

Full name Andrew Balbirnie

Born December 28, 1990, Dublin, Ireland

Current age 26 years 209 days

Major teams Ireland, Cardiff MCCU, Ireland Under-13s, Ireland Under-15s, Ireland Under-17s, Ireland Under-19s, Middlesex, Middlesex 2nd XI

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Education St Andrew's College, Dublin

Explore Andy Balbirnie's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	34	32	3	718	97	24.75	1030	69.70	0	4	69	6	6
T20Is	10	7	0	84	31	12.00	94	89.36	0	0	9	0	3
First-class	15	20	1	388	62	20.42	735	52.78	0	2	48	1	9
List A	44	40	3	1011	129	27.32	1336	75.67	1	4	107	9	9
T20s	24	21	3	364	71*	20.22	325	112.00	0	1	38	6	11

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	34	3	60	68	2	1/26	1/26	34.00	6.80	30.0	0	0	0
T20Is	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	15	10	354	151	5	3/40	3/50	30.20	2.55	70.8	0	0	0
List A	44	5	84	95	2	1/26	1/26	47.50	6.78	42.0	0	0	0
T20s	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

ODI debut	Ireland v Scotland at The Hague, Jul 5, 2010 scorecard
Last ODI	Ireland v New Zealand at Dublin (Malahide), May 21, 2017 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Ireland v Scotland at Bready, Jun 19, 2015 scorecard
Last T20I	United Arab Emirates v Ireland at Abu Dhabi, Feb 16, 2016 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Somerset v Cardiff MCCU at Taunton, Mar 31-Apr 2, 2012 scorecard
Last First-class	Leinster Lightning v North-West Warriors at Wicklow, Jun 20-22, 2017 scorecard
List A debut	Ireland v Scotland at The Hague, Jul 5, 2010 scorecard
Last List A	Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning at Belfast, Jun 4, 2017 scorecard
T20s debut	Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, May 17, 2014 scorecard
Last T20s	Leinster Lightning v North-West Warriors at Dublin, Jul 21, 2017 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2	Leinster	v NW Warriors	Dublin	21 Jul 2017	T20
0/6	Leinster	v NW Warriors	Wicklow	20 Jun 2017	FC
23	Leinster	v Munster Reds	Dublin	16 Jun 2017	T20
71*	Leinster	v N. Knights	Dublin	9 Jun 2017	T20
0/10, 56, 3/40	Leinster	v N. Knights	Belfast	5 Jun 2017	FC
35	Leinster	v N. Knights	Belfast	4 Jun 2017	LA
44	Leinster	v NW Warriors	Bready	26 May 2017	T20
0	Ireland	v New Zealand	Dublin (Malahide)	21 May 2017	ODI # 3870
12	Ireland	v Bangladesh	Dublin (Malahide)	19 May 2017	ODI # 3869
36	Ireland	v New Zealand	Dublin (Malahide)	14 May 2017	ODI # 3867

Profile

Andrew Balbirnie is the latest Irish player to be signed by Middlesex. He is an orthodox, technically correct batsman who is well regarded by Angus Fraser. After completing a degree at Cardiff University, he signed with Middlesex in 2014, but a blossoming reputation with Ireland was not immediately reflected at county level. Balbirnie captained Ireland in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, having been a member of the squad in the 2008 tournament. He had his first taste of international cricket in 2010, but it was not until 2014 that he started to flourish when he pressed his claims by top-scoring on their World Cup acclimatisation tour of Australia and New Zealand in the autumn of 2014 and he confirmed the impression by hitting 129, off just 96 balls, against a strong New Zealand A side in Dubai. Balbirnie also bowls serviceable offspin and is a back-up wicketkeeper, and is regarded as a fine fielder.
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