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.

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

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

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Early and domestic

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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

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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

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  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.
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