Joshua Little

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Joshua Little
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Little
Born (1999-11-01) 1 November 1999 (age 20)
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
Role Bowler
Relations Hannah Little (sister) [1]
Louise Little (sister) [1]
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  56)3 May 2019 v  England
Last ODI1 August 2020 v  England
T20I debut(cap  36)5 September 2016 v  Hong Kong
Last T20I10 March 2020 v  Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–present Leinster Lightning
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches417613
Runs scored9236823
Batting average 4.504.6017.004.60
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score97279
Balls bowled216340441498
Wickets 511612
Bowling average 52.4046.4553.3342.66
5 wickets in innings 0000
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling4/453/293/954/45
Catches/stumpings 0/–2/–1/–1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 August 2020

Joshua Little (born 1 November 1999) is an Irish cricketer. He made his international debut for the Ireland cricket team in September 2016. [1] [2]

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International career

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Hong Kong on 5 September 2016. [3] Little was 16 years old at the time of his debut, making him the second-youngest to have played at that level, [4] after Hong Kong's Waqas Khan. [5] Prior to his T20I debut, Little was named in Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [6]

Little was originally named in Ireland's T20I squad for their series against Afghanistan in India in March 2017. [7] However, he had to withdraw because of education commitments. [8] In December 2017, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [9]

In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's T20I squads for the Oman Quadrangular Series and the series against Afghanistan in India. [10] [11] In April 2019, he was named in Ireland's One Day International (ODI) squads for the one-off match against England and the 2019 Ireland Tri-Nation Series. [12] He made his ODI debut for Ireland against England on 3 May 2019. [13]

On 10 July 2020, Little was named in Ireland's 21-man squad to travel to England to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against the England cricket team. [14] [15]

Domestic and T20 career

He made his List A debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup on 19 June 2018. [16] He made his first-class debut for Leinster Lightning in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Championship on 20 June 2018. [17] In April 2019, he was one of five cricketers to be awarded with an Emerging Player Contract by Cricket Ireland, ahead of the 2019 domestic season. [18]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. [19] [20] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. [21]

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