North West Warriors 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. North West Warriors have won the Interprovincial Championship once, in 2018. In total, 25 players have appeared in first-class cricket for North West Warriors, with two players having played in all 11 first-class fixtures played by North West Warriors.
William Porterfield is North West Warriors leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 581 runs. Three batsmen have scored a century for North West Warriors in the format: Niall O'Brien, Porterfield and Stuart Thompson. Porterfield's score of 207, scored in 2018 against Leinster Lightning is the highest score by a North West Warriors batsman, and Porterfield also has the teams best batting average: 72.62. Among the bowlers, Craig Young has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 37 – six wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler, David Scanlon. Scanlon also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed five wickets against Northern Knights in a 2017 match, while conceding 29 runs. O'Brien has kept wicket in six of North West Warriors 11 first-class matches, taking 14 catches.
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 North West Warriors Last – Year of latest first-class match for North West Warriors Mat – Number of first-class appearances for North West WarriorsBatting 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 +North West Warriors first-class players No. Name Nationality First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 01 2017 2017 2 66 – 1 0 02 2017 2019 11 315 – 12 0 03 2017 2017 2 40 – 2 0 04 2017 2019 9 390 3 0 05 2017 2017 1 30 – 2 0 06 2017 2019 11 290 12 0 07 2017 2019 9 250 5 0 08 2017 2017 1 1 – 6 0 09 2017 2019 10 289 3 0 10 2017 2019 10 80 1 0 11 2017 2019 10 118 2 0 12 2017 2017 2 0 – 1 0 13 2017 2018 6 489 – 14 0 14 2017 2017 3 38 1 0 15 2017 2017 2 96 1 0 16 2017 2018 6 138 – 2 0 17 2017 2017 1 27 – 0 0 18 2017 2019 2 14 0 0 19 2018 2019 7 581 – 10 0 20 2018 2019 2 21 2 0 21 2018 2019 6 154 2 0 22 2019 2019 2 23 – 1 0 23 2019 2019 1 26 – 0 0 24 2019 2019 3 74 1 0 25 2019 2019 1 0 – 5 0
See also List of North West Warriors List A players List of North West Warriors Twenty20 players List of Irish first-class cricketers
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