List of North West Warriors first-class players

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William Porterfield (pictured) has the highest first-class score for North West Warriors with 207. Porterfield, 2013 (3).jpg
William Porterfield (pictured) has the highest first-class score for North West Warriors with 207.

North West Warriors was formed in 2013 and became a first-class team in 2017. [1] They played their inaugural first-class match in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship against Northern Knights. North West Warriors have won the Interprovincial Championship once, in 2018. [2] In total, 25 players have appeared in first-class cricket for North West Warriors, with two players having played in all 11 first-class fixtures played by North West Warriors.

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William Porterfield is North West Warriors leading run-scorer in first-class cricket, aggregating 581 runs. Three batsmen have scored a century for North West Warriors in the format: Niall O'Brien, Porterfield and Stuart Thompson. Porterfield's score of 207, scored in 2018 against Leinster Lightning is the highest score by a North West Warriors batsman, and Porterfield also has the teams best batting average: 72.62. Among the bowlers, Craig Young has taken more wickets than any other, claiming 37 – six wickets more than that of the second most prolific bowler, David Scanlon. Scanlon also has the best bowling figures in an innings: he claimed five wickets against Northern Knights in a 2017 match, while conceding 29 runs. [3] O'Brien has kept wicket in six of North West Warriors 11 first-class matches, taking 14 catches.

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 North West Warriors
  • Last – Year of latest first-class match for North West Warriors
  • Mat – Number of first-class appearances for North West Warriors

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

All statistics correct as of the end of the Irish 2019 cricket season.

List of first-class cricketers

North West Warriors first-class players
No.NameNationalityFirstLastMat Runs HS Avg Balls Wkt BBI Ave Ca St Ref(s)
Batting Bowling Fielding
1 Imran Butt Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 201720172662322.00360––10 [4] [5]
2 David Rankin †Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172019113158621.000–––120 [6]
3 Irosh Samarasooriya Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2017201724020*13.330–––20 [7]
4 Stuart Thompson Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172019939014830.00942183/3229.4430 [8] [9]
5 Niall McDonnell Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201720171303030.000–––20 [10]
6 Andy McBrine Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172019112907720.711,103124/3535.25120 [11] [12]
7 Aaron Gillespie Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 2017201992505720.836022/1213.5050 [13] [14]
8 Rickie-Lee Dougherty †Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201720171111.000–––60 [15]
9 Ross Allen Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172019102898122.2329431/949.3330 [16] [17]
10 Craig Young Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 2017201910802311.421,294375/3718.2910 [18] [19]
11 David Scanlon Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201720191011862*19.661,040315/2921.7720 [20] [21]
12 Andrew Austin †Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201720172000.000–––10 [22]
13 Niall O'Brien †Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172018648916548.900–––140 [23]
14 Johnny Thompson Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172018338257.6022243/6134.7510 [24] [25]
15 Steve Vijay Lazars Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201720172966232.0012033/5425.3310 [26] [27]
16 David Barr Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20172018613842*15.330–––20 [28]
17 Reece Kelly Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 2017201712722*27.0025–––00 [29] [30]
18 Ryan MacBeth Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201720192141414.006611/2426.0000 [31] [32]
19 William Porterfield Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20182019758120772.620–––100 [33]
20 Boyd Rankin Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201820192212110.5024652/4226.8020 [34] [35]
21 Graham Kennedy Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 20182019615473*25.6635293/3618.0020 [36] [37]
22 Brendon Louw  †Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 201920192232323.000–––10 [38]
23 Kyle Magee Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 201920191262626.000–––00 [39]
24 Graham Hume Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2019201937454*37.0016033/3421.3310 [40] [41]
25 Will Smale  †Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 201920191000.000–––50 [42]

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