List of Leinster Lightning first-class players

Leinster Lightning was formed in 2013 and became a first-class team in 2017.[1] They played their inaugural first-class match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship against Northern Knights.[2] Leinster Lightning have won the Interprovincial Championship five times, and once with first-class status.[3] In total, 17 players have appeared in first-class cricket for Leinster Lightning, with three players having played in all eight first-class fixtures played by Leinster Lightning.

Ed Joyce (pictured) has the highest first-class score for Leinster Lightning with 167 not out.

Jack Tector is Leinster Lightning's leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 452 runs. Three batsmen have scored a century for Leinster Lightning in the format: Ed Joyce, John Anderson and Andrew Balbirnie. Joyce's score of 167 not out, scored in 2017 against Northern Knights is the highest score by a Leinster Lightning batsman, and Joyce also has the teams best batting average: 63.50. Among the bowlers, George Dockrell has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 30 – six wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler, Peter Chase. Dockrell also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets against Northern Knights in a 2017 match, while conceding 29 runs.[4] Lorcan Tucker has kept wicket in all eight of Leinster Lightning's first-class matches, taking 21 catches and effecting 4 stumpings. Anderson has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 10.

Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.

Key

General – Wicket-keeper First – Year of first-class debut for Leinster Lightning Last – Year of latest first-class match for Leinster Lightning Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Leinster Lightning	Batting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out	Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket	Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected
All statistics correct as of the end of the Irish 2018 cricket season.

List of first-class cricketers

Leinster Lightning first-class players

No.	Name	Nationality	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St	Ref(s)
						Batting			Bowling				Fielding
01	Ed Joyce	Ireland	2017	2018	5	381	167*	63.50	0	0	–	–	6	0	[5]
02	Jack Tector	Ireland	2017	2018	7	452	87	50.22	0	–	–	–	4	0	[6]
03	John Anderson	Ireland	2017	2018	8	317	123*	35.33	90	1	1/8	55.00	10	0	[7][8]
04	Andrew Balbirnie	Ireland	2017	2018	8	358	114*	51.14	411	11	4/23	12.45	7	0	[9][10]
05	Simi Singh	Ireland	2017	2018	6	199	56	22.11	1,106	12	3/39	38.25	4	0	[11][12]
06	Lorcan Tucker	Ireland	2017	2018	8	188	56	23.50	0	0	–	–	21	4	[13]
07	Eddie Richardson	Ireland	2017	2018	5	166	81	33.20	516	10	4/88	26.50	4	0	[14][15]
08	Gareth Delany	Ireland	2017	2017	2	35	15*	11.66	294	4	3/48	16.77	1	0	[16][17]
09	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland	2017	2018	4	156	74	39.00	342	6	2/32	16.77	1	0	[18][19]
10	Peter Chase	Ireland	2017	2018	7	57	24	14.25	1,128	24	5/24	28.79	1	0	[20][21]
11	Max Neville	Ireland	2017	2017	2	2	1*	2.00	198	2	2/22	59.50	0	0	[22][23]
12	George Dockrell	Ireland	2017	2018	7	253	92	31.62	1,573	30	6/29	22.76	3	0	[24][25]
13	Sean Terry	Ireland	2017	2018	5	138	73	19.71	0	–	–	–	3	0	[26]
14	Tyrone Kane	Ireland	2017	2018	5	146	75	36.50	768	11	3/45	42.45	2	0	[27][28]
15	David Delany	Ireland	2017	2018	2	1	1*	1.00	284	5	4/31	35.60	0	0	[29][30]
16	Stephen Doheny	Ireland	2018	2018	2	55	50	27.50	0	–	–	–	3	0	[31]
17	Joshua Little	Ireland	2018	2018	2	31	27	31.00	12	1	1/9	25.00	1	0	[32][33]

See also

• List of Leinster Lightning List A players
• List of Leinster Lightning Twenty20 players
• List of Irish first-class cricketers

References

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