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Andy Balbirnie

Ireland|Batter
Andy Balbirnie
INTL CAREER: 2010 - 2023
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Full Name

Andrew Balbirnie

Born

December 28, 1990, Dublin, Ireland

Age

32y 159d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Fielding Position

Occasional Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Batter

Education

St Andrew's College, Dublin

Already one of Ireland's star batters at No. 3, Andrew Balbirnie flourished with the bat even more after he was made captain across formats late in 2019. Although not a power-hitter, Balbirnie is fluent, keeps the score ticking, and is excellent against spin bowling - his hard sweep is a signature shot.

One of his most memorable innings came shortly after he took over the leadership - a run-a-ball 113 in a seven-wicket ODI win over England in August 2020. A year later he led Ireland to another famous win, scoring 112 as an opener in Ireland's first win over South Africa in ODIs.

In the two years leading up to his appointment, Balbirnie averaged over 42 in ODIs (with five hundreds) and struck at over 142 in T20Is, having made big contributions against Afghanistan, West Indies and Zimbabwe.

Andy Balbirnie Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test71403189522.7160352.730344040
ODI959162776145*32.65369475.1481427034290
T20I8985418578322.921487124.880819849320
FC385731525205*28.24284553.60291894340
List A133126104348160*37.48557478.00132144158410
T201431379317299*24.782460128.9401634586540

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test71680---8.00-000
ODI953606821/261/2634.006.8030.0000
T20I89------------
FC3817627262134/235/2320.152.5048.2100
List A13369611221/261/2656.007.0048.0000
T20143------------
Andrew Balbirnie

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Photos of Andy Balbirnie

Andy Balbirnie rubs his eyes after Ireland's 10-wicket defeat
Andy Balbirnie prepares to lead Ireland out on the second morning
Ben Stokes at the toss
Andy Balbirnie looks on
Andy Balbirnie edged to second slip for a duck
Andy Balbirnie and Ben Stokes at the toss