James Shannon (cricketer)

James Shannon
Personal information
Full name
James Norman Knight Shannon
Born (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990 (age 34)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 39)26 May 2013 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.77
T20I debut (cap 26)30 November 2013 v Afghanistan
Last T20I29 June 2018 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentNorthern Knights
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 8 13 25
Runs scored 2 111 833 386
Batting average 2.00 13.87 39.66 18.38
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 1/7 0/1
Top score 2 60 140* 67
Balls bowled – 6 102 –
Wickets – 0 2 –
Bowling average – – 25.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – – 0 –
Best bowling – – 1/7 –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 5/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2019

James Norman Knight Shannon (born 12 February 1990) is an Irish former cricketer. Shannon is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off spin. On 26 May 2013, Shannon made his One Day International debut for Ireland against Pakistan.[1] In January 2020, Shannon announced his retirement from cricket.[2]

Career

He scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy, Ireland's domestic Twenty20 competition, with 251 runs in six matches.[3] He also scored the most runs in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship tournament, with 446 runs in four matches.[4]

In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.[5][6]

In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, to be played against Pakistan later the same month, but he was not selected to play.[7][8] In June 2018, Shannon scored his first T20I half-century against India.

References

  1. ^ Siggins, Ger (26 May 2013). "Kamran, Wahab dash Irish hopes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "James Shannon announces retirement". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2017: Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, 2017: Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ "19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Ireland women to receive first professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2018.