Leinster Lightning was formed in 2013 and became a first-class team in 2017. They played their inaugural first-class match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship against Northern Knights. Leinster Lightning have won the Interprovincial Championship five times, and once with first-class status. In total, 21 players have appeared in first-class cricket for Leinster Lightning, with five players having played in 11 out of 12 first-class fixtures played by Leinster Lightning.
Jack Tector is Leinster Lightning's leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 527 runs. Four batsmen have scored a century for Leinster Lightning in the format: Ed Joyce, John Anderson, Andrew Balbirnie and Simi Singh. Joyce's score of 167 not out, scored in 2017 against Northern Knights is the highest score by a Leinster Lightning batsman, and Joyce also has the teams best batting average: 63.50. Among the bowlers, George Dockrell has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 36 – eight wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler, Peter Chase. Dockrell also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets against Northern Knights in a 2017 match, while conceding 29 runs. Lorcan Tucker has kept wicket in 11 out of 12 of Leinster Lightning's first-class matches, taking 24 catches and effecting 4 stumpings. Balbirnie has claimed the highest number of catches among fielders, taking 11.
Players are initially listed in order of appearance; where players made their debut in the same match, they are initially listed by batting order.
Key General – Wicket-keeper First – Year of first-class debut for Leinster Lightning Last – Year of latest first-class match for Leinster Lightning Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Leinster LightningBatting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not outBowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicketFielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected All statistics correct as of the end of the Irish 2019 cricket season.
List of first-class cricketers +Leinster Lightning first-class players No. Name Nationality First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 01 2017 2018 5 381 – 6 0 02 2017 2019 11 527 – 6 0 03 2017 2018 8 317 10 0 04 2017 2019 11 491 11 0 05 2017 2019 10 403 5 0 06 2017 2019 11 220 – 24 4 07 2017 2018 5 166 4 0 08 2017 2019 3 35 1 0 09 2017 2019 7 156 4 0 10 2017 2019 11 57 1 0 11 2017 2017 2 2 0 0 12 2017 2019 11 304 5 0 13 2017 2018 5 138 – 3 0 14 2017 2019 9 214 2 0 15 2017 2018 2 1 0 0 16 2018 2019 5 86 3 0 17 2018 2019 4 34 1 0 18 2019 2019 4 121 – 2 0 19 2019 2019 1 – – 0 0 20 2019 2019 3 52 1 0 21 2019 2019 1 – – 2 0
See also List of Leinster Lightning List A players List of Leinster Lightning Twenty20 players List of Irish first-class cricketers
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