Josh Little

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

Joshua Little
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Brian Little
Born (1999-11-01) 1 November 1999
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsHannah Little (sister)[1]
Louise Little (sister)[1]
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 56)3 May 2019 v England
Last ODI26 January 2021 v Afghanistan
T20I debut (cap 36)5 September 2016 v Hong Kong
Last T20I10 March 2020 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentLeinster Lightning
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 7 17 6 20
Runs scored 9 23 68 23
Batting average 4.50 4.60 17.00 4.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 9 7 27 9
Balls bowled 371 340 441 827
Wickets 11 11 6 25
Bowling average 37.36 46.45 53.33 30.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/45 3/29 3/95 4/45
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 1/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2021

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]

References
  1. "Hockey player, business student, death bowler - meet teenage Ireland prospect Josh Little". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. "Joshua Little". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. "1st T20I: Ireland v Hong Kong at Bready, Sep 5, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "A big future in store for Josh Little". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players, ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. "Ireland at full strength despite late call". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. "Mulder named in squad to play Afganistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. "Chase replaces Little in Ireland squad for T20 series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. "Ireland U19 World Cup Squad Announced". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  10. "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  11. "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  12. "Strong squads named for one-day internationals and Wolves clash". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  13. "Only ODI, England tour of Ireland at Dublin, May 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  14. "Curtis Campher, Jonathan Garth the new faces as Ireland name 21-man squad for England ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  15. "Ireland names expanded training squad ahead of ODI series against England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  16. "3rd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup at Eglinton, Jun 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  17. "3rd Match, Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship at Bready, Jun 20-22 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  18. "Five Emerging Player contracts awarded ahead of big year for Irish cricket". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  19. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  20. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  21. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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