Northern Knights 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 North West Warriors. Northern Knights are yet to win the Interprovincial Championship, in either it time as a non first-class competition, or with first-class status. In total, 29 players have appeared in first-class cricket for Northern Knights, with James McCollum having played in all 11 first-class fixtures played by Northern Knights.
McCollum is Northern Knights leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 750 runs. Three batsmen have scored a century for Northern Knights in the format: McCollum, James Shannon and Harry Tector. Tector's score of 146, is the highest score by a Northern Knights batsman, while Shannon has the teams best batting average: 61.33. Among the bowlers, South African-born James Cameron-Dow has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 15. McCollum has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed five wickets against North West Warriors in a 2018 match, while conceding 32 runs.
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 Northern Knights Last – Year of latest first-class match for Northern Knights Mat – Number of first-class appearances for Northern KnightsBatting 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 +Northern Knights first-class players No. Name Nationality First Last MatRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Ref(s) Batting Bowling Fielding 01 2017 2017 2 45 – 0 0 02 2017 2018 8 212 – 15 0 03 2017 2019 11 750 1 0 04 2017 2018 6 552 2 0 05 2017 2019 10 355 0 0 06 2017 2018 5 67 1 0 07 2017 2017 2 75 – 1 0 08 2017 2017 2 32 – 0 0 09 2017 2017 3 91 1 0 10 2017 2018 5 47 1 0 11 2017 2018 5 20 3 0 12 2017 2018 3 51 – 3 0 13 2017 2019 5 111 1 0 14 2017 2018 3 47 1 0 15 2017 2017 2 31 – 3 0 16 2018 2019 7 225 – 6 0 17 2018 2019 7 330 1 0 18 2018 2019 6 79 – 11 1 19 2018 2019 7 102 2 0 20 2018 2018 1 0 – 0 0 21 2018 2019 6 194 5 0 22 2018 2018 2 10 0 0 23 2018 2018 1 19 – 0 0 24 2018 2018 1 50 1 0 25 2019 2019 3 73 – 2 0 26 2019 2019 2 7 0 0 27 2019 2019 2 1 – 1 0 28 2019 2019 1 2 0 0 29 2019 2019 1 2 0 0
See also List of Northern Knights List A players List of Northern Knights Twenty20 players List of Irish first-class cricketers
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