Leinster Lightning was formed in 2013 and became a List A team in 2017. They played their inaugural List A match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup against North West Warriors. Leinster Lightning have won the Interprovincial Cup eleven times, eight with List A status. In total, 54 players have appeared in List A cricket for Leinster Lightning.
Lorcan Tucker is Leinster Lightning's leading run-scorer in List A cricket, aggregating 1,268 runs. Twelve batsmen have scored a century for Leinster Lightning in the format: Ed Joyce, Simi Singh, Andrew Balbirnie, Jack Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Christopher De Freitas, Harry Tector, Barry McCarthy, Seamus Lynch, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny and Tim Tector. De Freitas' score of 143 not out is the highest score by a Leinster Lightning batsman, while Joyce has the teams best batting average: 62.66. Among the bowlers, Dockrell has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 56 – ten wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler Gavin Hoey. Hoey has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed six wickets, while conceding 26 runs. Lorcan Tucker has kept wicket in 40 of Leinster Lightning's 48 List A matches, taking 61 catches and effecting 9 stumpings.
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 List A debut for Leinster Lightning Last – Year of latest List A match for Leinster Lightning Mat – Number of List A 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 2026 cricket season.
List of List A cricketers +Leinster Lightning List A players No. Name Nationality First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 01 2017 2017 3 188 – 4 0 02 2017 2018 4 68 – 2 0 03 2017 2018 8 191 2 0 04 2017 2024 23 963 – 14 0 05 2017 2021 20 468 8 0 06 2017 2023 31 637 10 0 07 2017 2018 5 16 0 0 08 2017 2020 13 143 2 0 09 2017 2026 45 1,183 26 0 10 2017 2021 6 158 – 1 0 11 2017 2021 22 8 2 0 11 2017 2023 21 479 – 5 0 12 2017 2026 43 1,268 – 61 9 13 2017 2017 1 0 – 0 0 14 2017 2018 2 0 1 0 15 2017 2026 18 279 1 0 16 2018 2022 16 48 3 0 17 2018 2026 14 572 – 3 0 18 2019 2025 22 369 5 0 19 2019 2024 11 130 0 0 21 2020 2026 8 142 3 0 22 2020 2023 9 102 – 1 0 23 2020 2022 2 – 0 0 24 2021 2021 2 1 0 25 2021 2021 4 2 0 0 26 2021 2026 28 631 10 0 27 2022 2026 20 570 9 0 28 2022 2022 3 23 – 3 0 29 2022 2022 1 – 0 0 30 2022 2022 1 – 0 0 31 2022 2022 1 – 0 0 32 2022 2024 6 2 0 0 33 2022 2026 27 341 8 0 34 2022 2023 3 72 – 1 0 35 2022 2024 4 10 0 0 36 2023 2023 2 3 – 1 0 37 2023 2023 3 109 – 6 1 38 2023 2025 11 44 5 0 39 2023 2024 9 140 3 0 40 2023 2026 20 721 – 14 0 41 2023 2025 9 187 – 11 1 42 2023 2023 1 0 1 0 43 2024 2024 3 38 – 0 0 44 2024 2024 1 0 – 1 0 45 2024 2024 3 14 – 1 0 46 2024 2024 1 – 0 0 47 2024 2024 1 10 – 0 0 48 2024 2024 2 10 1 0 49 2024 2025 4 4 1 0 50 2024 2024 1 0 0 51 2025 2026 9 17 1 0 52 2025 2025 3 21 1 0 53 2025 2025 3 11 0 0 54 2026 2026 5 0 0
See also List of Leinster Lightning first-class players List of Leinster Lightning Twenty20 players
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