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Full name | Reuben Brian Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 17 September 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022- | Leinster Lightning (squad no. 15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reuben Brian Wilson (born 17 September 2006) is an Irish cricketer.
He has played for Leinster Lightning in Irish inter-provincial cricket,as well as representing Ireland at U-19 level.
Wilson began his young career at Phoenix Cricket Club in Dublin. At the age of 12 he was announced as the winner of Cricket Leinster's 2018 "Find A Fast Bowler" competition,an award previously won by Irish international Josh Little. [1]
Having moved to YMCA in 2020 [2] and given a good performance in the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,Wilson was called up to the Leinster Lightning squad for the first time in July 2022. [3]
He made his professional debut aged 16 on the 16 May 2023 in the opening List A game of the 2023 Inter-Provincial Cup against Northern Knights where he took 1/80 in a loss. [4] [5]
Just two days later he took a maiden five-for as he dismissed five of the Munster Reds top six batters to return with 5/42. [6]
Wilson would only play another three games in the season after a back-injury ruled him out. [7]
Wilson has been involved in Irish representative squads since a young age,being selected in the Irish Cubs U-13 program in 2018. [8]
At the age of just 15 he was named in the Ireland U-19 squad for the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. [9] He took 5 wickets from 4 matches as Ireland lost the Plate Final and finished 10th. [10] [11]
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