Stuart Thompson

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Stuart Thompson
Personal information
Full name
Stuart Robert Thompson
Born (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991 (age 33)
Derry, Northern Ireland
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
RelationsNigel Thompson (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 10)11 May 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test24 July 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 42)8 September 2013 v Scotland
Last ODI12 May 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.17
T20I debut (cap 27)19 February 2014 v West Indies
Last T20I1 November 2019 v Netherlands
T20I shirt no.17
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentNorth West Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 3 20 41 19
Runs scored 64 228 328 582
Batting average 10.66 16.28 14.90 21.55
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 1/1
Top score 53 39 56 148
Balls bowled 410 559 474 2,072
Wickets 10 12 18 38
Bowling average 20.40 40.83 37.22 30.39
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/28 2/17 4/18 3/28
Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/– 23/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 April 2020

Stuart Robert Thompson (born 15 August 1991) is an Irish cricketer.[1] Thompson is left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Ireland's first ever Test match, against Pakistan, in May 2018.

In December 2018, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract by Cricket Ireland for the 2019 season.[2][3] In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,[4] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.[5]

Career

Early and domestic

Thompson has represented Ireland at U-19 level, playing five Youth One Day International's.[6] In 2012, Thompson was included in the Ireland squad for the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan and made his first-class debut in the match.[7] In August 2012, Thompson was included in the Ireland squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka.[8]

In May 2018, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, batting for North West Warriors against Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship.[9] The same month, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, which was played against Pakistan later the same month.[10][11]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[12][13] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[14]

International career

He made his Test debut for Ireland, against Pakistan, on 11 May 2018. In the first innings, he took three wickets and scored 3 runs.[15][16] In the second innings of the inaugural Test match he scored his first Test fifty when batting at no.7, becoming only the second Irish player after Kevin O'Brien to score a Test fifty during the same match, eventually where O'Brien went onto score a Test hundred.[17] He also notched a 114 runstand with Kevin O'Brien during the Ireland's second innings to uplift the team from an innings defeat after being forced to follow on.[18]

In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India.[19][20] In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[21]

On 18 July 2020, Thompson was added to Ireland's touring squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.[22][23]

References

  1. ^ "Thompson keen to make up for lost time". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "19 men's central player contracts finalised ahead of busy 2019". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Ireland women to receive first professional contracts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Stuart Thompson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Ireland v Afghanistan, ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2011-2013, 9-12 July 2012 at Dublin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Stuart Thompson included in Ireland T20 squad". Cricinfo. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Thompson makes Test case with stunning unbeaten century". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Ireland announce 14-man squad for historic first Test against Pakistan". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Ireland omit George Dockrell for historic first men's Test against Pakistan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Only Test, Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland at Dublin, May 11-15 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Ireland win toss, opt to bowl in historic Test against Pakistan". Geo TV. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Kevin O'Brien's maiden Test hundred allows Ireland to dream". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  18. ^ AFP (14 May 2018). "O'Brien, Thompson help Ireland escape innings defeat against Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Stuart Thompson added to Ireland ODI squad for England series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  23. ^ "Stuart Thompson added to Ireland's ODI training squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 July 2020.