Liam McCarthy is a South African-born Irish cricketer, currently playing for Munster Reds in domestic cricket. He plays club cricket for Railway Union where he is the club captain.[1]
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| Role | Bowling All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021- | Munster Reds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editOriginally from Johannesburg, McCarthy came to Ireland in 2021 to play for Railway Union. He has Irish heritage through both his great-grandmother and great-grandfather.[2]
He was called up to the Munster Reds squad for an Interprovincial T20 round in Comber in September 2021.[2] He made his T20 debut on 17 September against Northern Knights.[3]
He would go on to make his List A debut for Munster on 5 May 2022 against the Knights.[4] He took 3 wickets in the 2022 List A season[5] and 2 in the T20 competition.[6]
McCarthy enjoyed a much improved 2023, finishing as the joint top wicket taker in the Interprovincial Cup with 15 dismissals.[7] He also took 6 wickets in T20s.[8] In a List A match against North West Warriors on 4 September he took his first career five-wicket haul, returning figures of 5/16.[9]
International career
editMcCarthy received a call-up to the Emerging Ireland squad to tour the West Indies in November 2023.[10] He played two List A games on the tour before making his first-class debut against West Indies Academy on 2 December.[11]
In March 2024 he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their tour of Nepal.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Contact Railway Union Cricket Club". www.railwaycricket.com. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ a b "McCarthy's Party". irishcricketarchives.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "NK vs REDS, Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy 2021, 17th Match at Comber, September 19, 2021 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "NK vs REDS, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup 2022, 2nd Match at Belfast, May 05, 2022 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, 2022 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2022 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, 2023 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, 2023 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "REDS vs NWW, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup 2023, 10th Match at Bready, September 04, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Ireland, Cricket (12 October 2023). "Stephen Doheny to lead squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "WIA vs IRE-E, Ireland Emerging Players in West Indies 2023/24, 2nd unofficial Test at Coolidge, December 02 - 04, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Ireland, Cricket (3 March 2024). "Wolves for Nepal". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 4 March 2024.