Fionn Philip Hand (born 1 July 1998) is an Irish cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 6 July 2018.[2] He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Cup on 23 May 2019.[3] In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.[4] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Championship on 18 June 2019.[5]

Fionn Hand
Personal information
Full name
Fionn Philip Hand
Born (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 26)
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 26)1 June 2023 v England
Only ODI (cap 70)7 October 2024 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 54)12 August 2022 v Afghanistan
Last T20I19 May 2024 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–2019Leinster Lightning
2021–2022Munster Reds
2023Leinster Lightning
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 1 11 7 29
Runs scored 8 59 206 376
Batting average 4.00 9.83 29.42 20.88
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 7 36 79 49*
Balls bowled 114 116 636 1,096
Wickets 1 7 6 23
Bowling average 113.00 24.85 72.33 46.34
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/113 3/18 2/50 3/51
Catches/stumpings 1/– 3/– 3/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2024

International career

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In July 2022, Hand was added to Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their home series against New Zealand.[6] Later the same month, Hand was also named in Ireland's T20I squads for their matches against South Africa in Bristol, and for their home series against Afghanistan.[7] He made his T20I debut on 12 August 2022, against Afghanistan.[8]

In September 2022, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament in the Australia, where he bowled Ben Stokes with what was widely believed to be the ball of the tournament.[9]

In May 2023, he was named in Ireland's Test squad for their series against England.[10] He made his Test debut for Ireland against England on 1 June 2023.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Fionn Hand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ^ "8th Match (D/N), Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy at Dublin, Jul 6 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ "4th Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Bready, May 23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ "2nd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship at Bready, Jun 17-19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Hand replaces Olphert in T20 squad". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Squad announced for Ireland Men's T20Is against South Africa and Afghanistan". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. ^ "3rd T20I, Belfast, August 12, 2022, Afghanistan tour of Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Ireland announce squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022". OneCricket. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Cricket Ireland name 15-man squad for Lord's Test". Cricket Ireland. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Only Test, Lord's, June 01 - 04, 2023, Ireland tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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