Gareth Delany

Gareth James Delany (born 28 April 1997) is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in July 2019.^[1] In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,^[2] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.^[3]

Gareth Delany

Personal information
Full name	Gareth James Delany
Born	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 25) Dublin, Ireland
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	All-rounder
Relations	LK Delany (sister) DC Delany (cousin)
International information
National side	Ireland
ODI debut (cap 59)	7 January 2020 v West Indies
Last ODI	23 January 2023 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	64
T20I debut (cap 46)	12 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I	14 January 2023 v Zimbabwe
T20I shirt no.	64
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017–2020	Leinster Lightning
2020	Leicestershire
2021–present	Munster Reds
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 13 42 5 45 Runs scored 159 709 69 893 Batting average 17.66 20.85 11.50 24.80 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/0 1/6 Top score 22 89* 22 104 Balls bowled 174 450 390 1,126 Wickets 4 19 5 31 Bowling average 49.50 30.84 38.60 34.77 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/10 2/21 3/48 5/39 Catches/stumpings 4/– 15/– 1/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2023

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017.^[4] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 5 June 2017.^[5] He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 10 September 2017.^[6]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[7][8] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[9]

International career

In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.^[10] Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[11] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Ireland against Zimbabwe on 12 July 2019.^[12]

In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[13] In December 2019, Delany was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies.^[14] He made his ODI debut for Ireland, against the West Indies, on 7 January 2020.^[15]

On 10 July 2020, Delany was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team.^[16][17] In February 2021, Delany was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh.^[18][19] In September 2021, Delany was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[20]

References

1. "Gareth Delany". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
2. "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
3. "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, North-West Warriors v Leinster Lightning at Bready, May 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
5. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning at Belfast, Jun 5-7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
6. "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Dublin, Sep 10 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
7. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
8. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
9. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
10. "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
11. "Ireland Men's and Ireland Wolves squads announced for Zimbabwe series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
12. "2nd T20I (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Bready, Jul 12 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
13. "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
14. "Ireland Men's Squads Announced for West Indies tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
15. "1st ODI (D/N), Ireland tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Jan 7 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
16. "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
17. "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
18. "Ireland Wolves tour of Bangladesh to start with four-day game in Chattogram". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
19. "Ireland Wolves squad announced for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
20. "Ireland names 18-player provisional squad for T20 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links

• Gareth Delany at ESPNcricinfo