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Andy Balbirnie

Ireland

Full name Andrew Balbirnie

Born December 28, 1990, Dublin, Ireland

Current age 29 years 219 days

Major teams Ireland, Cardiff MCCU, Ireland A, Ireland Under-13s, Ireland Under-15s, Ireland Under-17s, Ireland Under-19s, Leinster Lightning, Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers, Middlesex, Middlesex 2nd XI

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Education St Andrew's College, Dublin

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	6	0	146	82	24.33	247	59.10	0	2	23	0	3
ODIs	69	66	4	1928	145*	31.09	2565	75.16	5	9	181	27	20
T20Is	43	39	2	945	83	25.54	728	129.80	0	4	111	13	16
First-class	30	42	3	1296	205*	33.23	2345	55.26	2	8	160	4	28
List A	98	92	6	3172	160*	36.88	3967	79.95	9	14	318	46	28
T20s	70	65	5	1586	83	26.43	1208	131.29	0	8	181	31	27

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	1	6	8	0	-	-	-	8.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	69	3	60	68	2	1/26	1/26	34.00	6.80	30.0	0	0	0
T20Is	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	30	16	609	245	13	4/23	5/23	18.84	2.41	46.8	1	0	0
List A	98	6	96	112	2	1/26	1/26	56.00	7.00	48.0	0	0	0
T20s	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Ireland v Pakistan at Dublin (Malahide), May 11-15, 2018 scorecard
Last Test	England v Ireland at Lord's, Jul 24-26, 2019 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Ireland v Scotland at The Hague, Jul 5, 2010 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Ireland at Southampton, Aug 1, 2020 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Ireland v Scotland at Bready, Jun 19, 2015 scorecard
Last T20I	Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 10, 2020 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 Dublin, Aug 12-14, 2019 scorecard
List A debut	Ireland v Scotland at The Hague, Jul 5, 2010 scorecard
Last List A	England v Ireland at Southampton, Aug 1, 2020 scorecard
T20s debut	Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, May 17, 2014 scorecard
Last T20s	Afghanistan v Ireland at Greater Noida, Mar 10, 2020 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
15	Ireland	v England	Southampton	1 Aug 2020	ODI # 4257
3	Ireland	v England	Southampton	30 Jul 2020	ODI # 4256
60	Ireland	v Eng Lions	Southampton	26 Jul 2020	Other OD
3	Ireland A	v Ireland	Southampton	22 Jul 2020	Other OD
9	Ireland	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	10 Mar 2020	T20I # 1083
46	Ireland	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	8 Mar 2020	T20I # 1079
29	Ireland	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	6 Mar 2020	T20I # 1077
28	Ireland	v West Indies	Basseterre	19 Jan 2020	T20I # 1030
36	Ireland	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jan 2020	T20I # 1029
7	Ireland	v West Indies	St George's	15 Jan 2020	T20I # 1028

Profile

Andrew Balbirnie was another Irish player to follow the path to Middlesex when he signed in 2014 after completing a degree at Cardiff University and coming through the Middlesex academy. However, his stay in county cricket came to an end in 2016 when he was released by mutual consent following a struggle with a hip problem which required surgery and limited his opportunities.

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