Liam McCarthy (cricketer)

Liam McCarthy
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm Medium Fast
RoleBowling All-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021-Munster Reds
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 1 13 13
Runs scored 37 176 68
Batting average 37.00 35.20 22.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 35* 74 22
Balls bowled 156 444 160
Wickets 2 19 8
Bowling average 44.00 19.05 33.00
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/40 5/16 2/23
Catches/stumpings 2/- 3/- 4/-
Source: [1], 6 December 2023

Liam McCarthy is a South African-born Irish cricketer, currently playing for Munster Reds in domestic cricket. He plays club cricket for Railway Union where he is the club captain.[1]

Domestic career

Originally from Johannesburg, McCarthy came to Ireland in 2021 to play for Railway Union. He has Irish heritage through both his great-grandmother and great-grandfather.[2]

He was called up to the Munster Reds squad for an Interprovincial T20 round in Comber in September 2021.[2] He made his T20 debut on 17 September against Northern Knights.[3]

He would go on to make his List A debut for Munster on 5 May 2022 against the Knights.[4] He took 3 wickets in the 2022 List A season[5] and 2 in the T20 competition.[6]

McCarthy enjoyed a much improved 2023, finishing as the joint top wicket taker in the Interprovincial Cup with 15 dismissals.[7] He also took 6 wickets in T20s.[8] In a List A match against North West Warriors on 4 September he took his first career five-wicket haul, returning figures of 5/16.[9]

International career

McCarthy received a call-up to the Emerging Ireland squad to tour the West Indies in November 2023.[10] He played two List A games on the tour before making his first-class debut against West Indies Academy on 2 December.[11]

In March 2024 he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their tour of Nepal.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Railway Union Cricket Club". www.railwaycricket.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "McCarthy's Party". irishcricketarchives.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ "NK vs REDS, Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy 2021, 17th Match at Comber, September 19, 2021 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ^ "NK vs REDS, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup 2022, 2nd Match at Belfast, May 05, 2022 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, 2022 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2022 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, 2023 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2023 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ^ "REDS vs NWW, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup 2023, 10th Match at Bready, September 04, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  10. ^ Ireland, Cricket (12 October 2023). "Stephen Doheny to lead squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  11. ^ "WIA vs IRE-E, Ireland Emerging Players in West Indies 2023/24, 2nd unofficial Test at Coolidge, December 02 - 04, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. ^ Ireland, Cricket (3 March 2024). "Wolves for Nepal". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 4 March 2024.