Barry McCarthy is an Ireland seam bowler whose involvement with Durham owed much to a recommendation by their England allrounder, Ben Stokes, who faced him in the nets before a one-day international and advised his county to take a look. Durham did just that and McCarthy made his first-class debut in 2015. A maiden five-wicket haul for Durham against Lancashire in Chester-le-Street the following year added to the good impression he had built at Ireland Under-19 level and during a spell with the Australian grade side Randwick-Petersham.

When Ireland were granted Test status, McCarthy was ambitious to become a central part of Ireland's Test side, but he was "bitterly disappointed" to miss out on selection for their inaugural Test against Pakistan. He was released by Durham at the end of that 2018 summer.

His sister, Louise McCarthy, has also represented Ireland Women.
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Barry McCarthy Career Stats

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	3	6	543	248	14	4/75	6/97	17.71	2.74	38.7	1	0
ODIs	48	48	2405	2366	81	5/46	5/46	29.20	5.90	29.6	3	1
T20Is	57	57	1229	1758	57	4/30	4/30	30.84	8.58	21.5	2	0
FC	27	45	4089	2385	84	6/63	7/120	28.39	3.49	48.6	3	3
List A	79	77	3705	3372	130	6/39	6/39	25.93	5.46	28.5	4	2
T20s	103	101	2135	2979	122	5/3	5/3	24.41	8.37	17.5	6	1

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	4	0	17	11	4.25	70	24.28	0	0	0	0	1
ODIs	48	31	7	220	41	9.16	357	61.62	0	0	18	3	15
T20Is	57	36	13	286	51*	12.43	246	116.26	0	1	19	15	13
FC	27	39	9	547	51*	18.23	1122	48.75	0	1	64	6	11
List A	79	55	15	751	110	18.77	797	94.22	1	0	54	34	23
T20s	103	58	21	419	51*	11.32	360	116.38	0	1	29	20	25

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Barry McCarthy T20 Stats

Bowling

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Vitality Blast	DUR	14	13	249	360	17	4/31	4/31	21.17	8.67	14.6	1	0	0

Batting & Fielding

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Vitality Blast	DUR	14	5	2	10	7*	3.33	14	71.42	0	0	1	0	1	0

Records of Barry McCarthy

8^th

Fastest to 50 wickets (25)

One-Day Internationals

6^th

Best figures in a innings on debut (4)

Twenty20 Internationals

6^th

Most runs conceded in an innings (69)

Twenty20 Internationals

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Recent Matches of Barry McCarthy

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Leinster vs Knights	1*	1/41	10-Jul-2025	Dublin	T20
Leinster vs Reds	--	2/29	08-Jul-2025	Dublin	T20
Leinster vs NW Warriors	--	1/7	02-Jul-2025	Bready	T20
Leinster vs Knights	--	3/20	01-Jul-2025	Bready	T20
Leinster vs Knights	2	2/24	26-Jun-2025	Belfast	T20