Fionn Hand

Fionn Hand (born 1 July 1998) is an Irish cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 6 July 2018.[2] He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Cup on 23 May 2019.[3] In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.[4] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Championship on 18 June 2019.[5] In May 2022, Cricket Ireland awarded Hand a nine-month contract.[6]

Fionn Hand
Personal information
Born (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 54)12 August 2022 v Afghanistan
Last T20I31 March 2023 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–2019Leinster Lightning
2021–presentMunster Reds
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20I T20
Matches 1 18 8 24
Runs scored – 217 57 224
Batting average – 24.11 11.4 20.36
100s/50s –/– 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score – 49* 36 44*
Balls bowled 42 692 72 352
Wickets 0 12 3 21
Bowling average – 57.33 41.00 26.19
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 2/28 1/11 2/12
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 2/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2023

In July 2022, Hand was added to Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their home series against New Zealand.[7] Later the same month, Hand was also named in Ireland's T20I squads for their matches against South Africa in Bristol, and for their home series against Afghanistan.[8] He made his T20I debut on 12 August 2022, against Afghanistan.[9]

In September 2022, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament in the Australia, where he bowled Ben Stokes with what was widely believed to be the ball of the tournament.[10]

References
  1. "Fionn Hand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. "8th Match (D/N), Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy at Dublin, Jul 6 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. "4th Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Bready, May 23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. "2nd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship at Bready, Jun 17-19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. "Hume, Olphert and Hand given contracts". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. "Hand replaces Olphert in T20 squad". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  8. "Squad announced for Ireland Men's T20Is against South Africa and Afghanistan". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. "3rd T20I, Belfast, August 12, 2022, Afghanistan tour of Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. "Ireland announce squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022". OneCricket. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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